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stymie
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun stymie has 2 senses
- stymie(n = noun.state) stymy - a situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole; Array is a kind of position, situation
- stymie(n = noun.cognition) stymy - a thwarting and distressing situation; Array is a kind of obstacle, obstruction
Derived form verb stymie1
Verb stymie has 1 sense
- stymie(v = verb.social) block, blockade, embarrass, hinder, obstruct, stymy - hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His brother blocked him at every turn" is one way to forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent
Derived form noun stymie2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
stymie, n. [Orig. uncertain.].
The position of two balls on the putting green such that, being more than six inches apart, one ball lies directly between the other and the hole at which the latter must be played; also, the act of bringing the balls into this position. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
stymie, v. t.
To bring into the position of, or impede by, a stymie. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
stymie, n. & v. (also stimy)
--n. (pl. -ies)
1 Golf a situation where an opponent's ball lies between the player and the hole, forming a possible obstruction to play (lay a stymie).
2 a difficult situation.
--v.tr. (stymies, stymied, stymying or stymieing)
1 obstruct; thwart.
2 Golf block (an opponent, his ball, or oneself) with a stymie.
--n. (pl. -ies)
1 Golf a situation where an opponent's ball lies between the player and the hole, forming a possible obstruction to play (lay a stymie).
2 a difficult situation.
--v.tr. (stymies, stymied, stymying or stymieing)
1 obstruct; thwart.
2 Golf block (an opponent, his ball, or oneself) with a stymie.
Etymology
19th c.: orig. unkn.
THESAURUS
stymie
block, brake, confound, deadlock, defeat, flummox, foil, frustrate, halt, hinder, impede, nonplus, obstruct, ruin, slow down, snooker, spike, stall, stay, stop, stump, thwart
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