stalled

Meanings

Verb

• postpone doing what one should be doing
• come to a stop
  • "The car stalled in the driveway"
• deliberately delay an event or action
• put into, or keep in, a stall
• experience a stall in flight, of airplanes
• cause an airplane to go into a stall
• cause an engine to stop
• simple past and past participle of stall

Synonyms

conk, dilly-dally, dillydally, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, procrastinate, shillyshally, stall