1. A tactic used to mislead or delay
   "His stalling tactics prevented the vote from taking place";
   - stall

1. Postpone doing what one should be doing
   "He did not want to write the letter and stalled for days";
   - procrastinate, drag one's feet [informal], drag one's heels [informal], shillyshally [informal], dilly-dally [informal], dillydally [informal], shilly-shally [informal]
    
2. Deliberately delay an event or action
   "she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling"
    
3. Stop because the engine stopped running
   "The car stalled in the driveway";
   - conk [informal]
    
4. Cause an engine to stop
   "The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car"
    
5. (air travel) experience a stall in flight, of airplanes
   "The plane stalled due to insufficient airspeed"
    
6. (air travel) cause an aeroplane to go into a stall
   "The pilot accidentally stalled the aircraft during the steep climb"
    
7. Put into, or keep in, a stall
   "Stall the horse"

Derived forms: stallings

Type of: delay, detain, halt, hold up, obstruction, shelter, stop

Encyclopedia: Stalling