Stymie

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To thwart; stump: a problem in thermodynamics that stymied half the class.
  • n. An obstacle or obstruction.
  • n. Sports A situation in golf in which an opponent's ball obstructs the line of play of one's own ball on the putting green.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An obstacle or obstruction.
  • n. A situation where an opponent's ball is directly in the way of one's own ball and the hole, on the putting green.
  • v. To thwart or stump; to cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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.
  • To bring into the position of, or impede by, a stymie.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In golf-playing, a position in which a player has to putt for the hole with his opponent's ball directly in the line of his approach.
  • n. See stimy.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
  • n. a situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole
  • n. a thwarting and distressing situation
    • Equivalent
    stimy   
    Verb Form
    stymied    stymies    stymying   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    position    situation    obstruction    obstacle   
    Variant
    stymying   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Hymie    Jaime    grimy    hymie    slimy   
     
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