STALL
What does "STALL" mean?
A stand or booth for selling goods, or to stop or delay through hesitation.
Meanings
- A stand, booth, or compartment for selling goods at a market. We bought fresh figs from a stall at the bazaar.
- An enclosed space for a single animal in a stable or barn. The horse stamped restlessly in its stall.
- Of an engine, to stop running unintentionally. The car stalled at the traffic light.
- To delay or play for time deliberately. Stop stalling and give me an answer. informal
- A condition in which an aircraft loses lift due to insufficient airspeed. The pilot recovered from the stall just above the trees. technical
Word origin
From Old English 'steall', a standing place or stable, from Proto-Germanic 'stallaz'; the 'delay' sense derives from a separate root meaning a decoy or pretext.
Remember it
A market STALL stands still all day - STALL has two L's, like two legs planted firmly in place.
A little poem
The engine coughs and quits above the rye-
a market stall, but built into the sky.
couplet
Wordplay
- The mechanic kept his customers waiting, then sold them parts - he was running a real stall.
What it teaches
Delay is a kind of stall: it keeps you upright but going nowhere.
Quick facts
What does STALL mean?
A stand or booth for selling goods, or to stop or delay through hesitation.
Is STALL a valid word?
Yes — STALL is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is STALL?
STALL has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does STALL come from?
From Old English 'steall', a standing place or stable, from Proto-Germanic 'stallaz'; the 'delay' sense derives from a separate root meaning a decoy or pretext.
What can STALL teach us?
Delay is a kind of stall: it keeps you upright but going nowhere.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.