Definitions For Stall

noun

• A tactic used to mislead or delay
• Small area set off by walls for special use
• Small individual study area in a library
• A booth where articles are displayed for sale
• A compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed
• Seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater
• A malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge

verb

• Deliberately delay an event or action
• Come to a stop
• Cause an engine to stop
• Cause an airplane to go into a stall
• Experience a stall in flight, of airplanes
• Put into, or keep in, a stall
• Postpone doing what one should be doing