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Definition 2024
stymie
stymie
English
Alternative forms
Noun
stymie (plural stymies)
- An obstacle or obstruction.
- (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).
Verb
stymie (third-person singular simple present stymies, present participle stymieing, simple past and past participle stymied)
- 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.
- (golf) To bring into the position of, or impede by, a stymie.
Translations
to thwart or stump
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