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      [Verb]  | "stall" 


      1: to put into or keep in a stall

      2: install

      3: to bring to a standstill : block; especially : mire


      Origin: 14th century ;

      [Verb]  | "stall" 


      1: to play for time : delay

      2: to hold off, divert, or delay by evasion or deception


      Origin: 1903 ;

       {see: |stall:4|stall:4};

      [Adjective]  | "stalled" 


      1: as in arrested, stopped;




      [Verb]  | "stalled" 


      1: to bring (something) to a standstill;


        * e.g., " ... endless complaints stalled the process of selecting the winning design for the memorial "





      2: to stop functioning;


        * e.g., " ... the engine stalls sometimes when it's very cold outside "



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      [Verb]  | "stall" 


      1: to bring (something) to a standstill;


        * e.g., " ... endless complaints stalled the process of selecting the winning design for the memorial "





      2: to stop functioning;


        * e.g., " ... the engine stalls sometimes when it's very cold outside "



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       [ "stalled" ]

      1: A phenomenon that occurs when someone who is defecating in a public restroom and another person walks into the bathroom, essentially trapping the pooer due to shame and anxiety. Predominantly occurs in public schools.

        * e.g.,  ... I'm sorry I was late. I had to go to the bathroom and got stalled. 

       [ "Stall stall" ]

      1: In public bathrooms, the act of remaining in a bathroom stall after having completed one's business, in order to maintain anonymity (whether by avoiding someone who has entered later, or finished sooner), or the state of being delayed under such circumstances. Also the act of delaying defecation until the bathroom is empty.

        * e.g.,  ... Sorry I'm late. I got stall stalled in the men's room on 34 by a couple of accounting assholes talking to each other at the urinals. The last thing I needed was to be asked how my day is going by some idiot with his dick in his hands. 


       [ "Stall stall" ]

      2: See also stall waiting

        * e.g.,  ... I was in the corner stall trying to drop a deuce when Meyers from accounting walked in. I tried to stall stall but I couldn't hold it. 

       [ "Stall Stall" ]

      1: When you sit on the toilet for an extended period of time after taking a shit in a one stall, one urinal bathroom in order to avoid personal contact with the guy who has come in to piss.

        * e.g.,  ... I was just about finished up when someone came in to take a leak, so I had to do a stall stall until the guy left. He didn't wash his hands. 

       [ "stalling" ]

      1: the act of stalling like a car

        * e.g.,  ... person 1 : Oh my god, quit stalling!  


       [ "stalling" ]

      2: "shuts off". A person who is slow and lagging; wasting time.

        * e.g.,  ... person 2 : Hold on.. (continues trying on different shoes) 

       [ "stall" ]

      1: To go or wait somewhere for someone/something.

        * e.g.,  ... "stall it down to my gaff for a few cans" 

       [ "in the stall" ]

      1: An updated term for "in the closet" thanks to Idaho Senator Larry Craig.

        * e.g.,  ... girl 1: "Hey, he's kinda cute." 


       [ "in the stall" ]

      2: This is either a closeted homosexual or closeted bi-curious, typically religious and/or Republican living in denial.

        * e.g.,  ... girl 2: "Hells ya, but I've heard he's in the stall...in the stall to get some ball." 

       [ "stall it" ]

      1: a word that dublin people use for nearly every word :D

        * e.g.,  ... stall it shop 

       [ "stall" ]

      1: To stop agressive speech/behavior toward an individual. Usually when such behavior is considered unjustified or questionable, "stall" is used as a request for the agressor to calm down the rash behavior.

        * e.g.,  ... "Stall him out, it's cool." 

       [ "stall" ]

      1: All the above is true. Operationally, a stall happens when you slow the airplane down and increase the angle of attack over the wing so it is no longer producing lift. Student pilots practice doing them so they know how to get out.

        * e.g.,  ... The other day I did a power-off stall. I slowed the airplane down, applied full flaps, then reduced power. I raised the nose untill it buffeted, then the wing lost lift and the nose dipped. I lowered the nose some more and applied full power and flew away. 


       [ "stall" ]

      2: It is not particularly dangerous to do stalls if you are careful about it, but I find them to be rather uncomfortable. There is a possibility of going into a spin if the pilot doesn't pay attention. But that, too, can be recovered from.

       [ "stalling" ]

      1: When one has nothing to say on the phone and makes stuff up. Usually when neither person wants to hang up and has nothing to say.

        * e.g.,  ... Mer: sooo... 

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