n.
1.a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed
2.small area set off by walls for special use
3.a booth where articles are displayed for sale
4.a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge
5.small individual study area in a library
6.a tactic used to mislead or delay stall v.
1.postpone doing what one should be doing
2.come to a stop
3.deliberately delay an event or action
4.put into, or keep in, a stall
5.experience a stall in flight, of airplanes
6.cause an airplane to go into a stall
7.cause an engine to stop
Idiom of the Day
head off (someone) or head (someone) off
to get in front of someone and stop him or her, to turn someone back
In the movie the soldiers tried to head off the gang at the mountain pass.
