stymie

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim 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).
2. isim An obstacle or obstruction.

   “Mary, will you be mine? Shall we go round together? Will you fix up a match with me on the links of life which shall end only when the Grim Reaper lays us both a stymie?”

3. fiil To thwart or stump; to cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck.

   “They had lost the key, and the lock stymied the first three locksmiths they called.”

4. fiil To bring into the position of, or impede by, a stymie.