stallings

Meanings

Noun

• a tactic used to mislead or delay
• plural of stalling

Verb

• postpone doing what one should be doing
• come to a stop
• 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

Synonyms

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