'Stalling' definitions:
Definition of 'stalling'
(from WordNet)
noun
A tactic used to mislead or delay [syn: stall, stalling]
Definition of 'Stalling'
From: GCIDE
- Stall \Stall\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stalled (st[add]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Stalling.] [Cf. Sw. stalla, Dan. stalde.]
- 1. To put into a stall or stable; to keep in a stall or stalls; as, to stall an ox. [1913 Webster]
- Where King Latinus then his oxen stalled. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To fatten; as, to stall cattle. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
- 3. To place in an office with the customary formalities; to install. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get on; to set; to fix; as, to stall a cart. --Burton. [1913 Webster]
- His horses had been stalled in the snow. --E. E. Hale. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To forestall; to anticipate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- This is not to be stall'd by my report. --Massinger. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To keep close; to keep secret. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Stall this in your bosom. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Stalling'
From: GCIDE
- Stalling \Stall"ing\ (st[add]l"[i^]ng), n. Stabling. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]