Definitions for stalling

Overview of noun stalling

The noun stalling has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. stall, stalling

(a tactic used to mislead or delay)

Overview of verb stall

The verb stall has 7 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)

1. (2) procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally

(postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days")

2. (1) stall, conk

(come to a stop; "The car stalled in the driveway")

3. (1) stall

(deliberately delay an event or action; "she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling")

4. stall

(put into, or keep in, a stall; "Stall the horse")

5. stall

(experience a stall in flight, of airplanes)

6. stall

(cause an airplane to go into a stall)

7. stall

(cause an engine to stop; "The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car")