stalls
stawlz
- n a farm building for housing horses or other livestock
- n a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed
- n small area set off by walls for special use
- n a booth where articles are displayed for sale
- n a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge
- n seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater
- n small individual study area in a library
- n a tactic used to mislead or delay
- v postpone doing what one should be doing
- v come to a stop
- v deliberately delay an event or action
- v put into, or keep in, a stall
- v experience a stall in flight, of airplanes
- v cause an airplane to go into a stall
- v cause an engine to stop
- At stake was the overlordship of Melbourne's bustling, 16-acre Victoria Market, beneath whose iron-roofed sheds are crowded the stalls of 800 produce growers and 200 agents.
- Their vending stalls provide handy platforms for picking up information or passing propaganda and military messages.
- Residents of Kuala Lumpur, both rich and poor, used to congregate by the thou sands each night around long rows of food stalls throughout the city.