stalling

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noun

The act of a person or thing that stalls.

“repeated stallings of the car engine”

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Meanings

stalling1

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of stall
nounstalling (countable and uncountable, plural stallings)

plural stallings

  1. countableuncountableThe act of a person or thing that stalls.

    repeated stallings of the car engine

  2. countableuncountableStabling.

    But hire us some fair chamber for the night, / And stalling for the horses, and return / With victual for these men, and let us know.

    1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Enid”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 58

Stalling2

proper nounStalling (plural Stallings)

plural Stallings

  1. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna tactic used to mislead or delay

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stall
Broader
obstruction
Also see
stall

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

lastling
Cite this entry
APA

stalling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stalling

MLA

“stalling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stalling. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stalling,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stalling.

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