stymie
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈstaɪmi/
stymie (plural stymies)
- (golf) A situation where an opponent's ball is directly in the way of one's own ball and the hole, on the putting green (abolished 1952).
- (by extension) An obstacle or obstruction.
stymie (stymies, present participle stymieing; past and past participle stymied)
- To thwart or stump; to cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck.
- Synonyms: block, thwart
- They had lost the key, and the lock stymied the first three locksmiths they called.
- If writing dates has you stymied at times, it is probably for one of two reasons.
- (golf) To bring into the position of, or impede by, a stymie.
- French: obstruer, mettre en échec
- German: lahmlegen
- Italian: ostacolare, ostruire, intrigare, mettere in ginocchio
- Portuguese: impedir
- Russian: загоня́ть в у́гол
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