STALLING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A tactic used to mislead or delay

Synonyms:

stall; stalling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("stalling" is a kind of...):

obstruction (the act of obstructing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stalling"):

stonewalling (stalling or delaying especially by refusing to answer questions or cooperate)

Derivation:

stall (deliberately delay an event or action)

-ing form of the verb stall