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    STALLING

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A tactic used to mislead or delayplay

    Synonyms:

    stall; stalling

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("stalling" is a kind of...):

    obstruction (the act of obstructing)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stalling"):

    stonewalling (stalling or delaying especially by refusing to answer questions or cooperate)

    Derivation:

    stall (deliberately delay an event or action)

     II. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    -ing form of the verb stall

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