stall for



stall someone or something for something

to delay someone or something for a period of time. I stalled him for as long as I could. I could not stall the proceedings for another second.
See also: stall

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Oralee-English (Rare)
Aristidesah-ree-STEE-dhes (Spanish), ə-reesh-TEE-dəsh (Portuguese), ə-reesh-CHEE-jəsh (Brazilian Portuguese)Ancient Greek (Latinized), Spanish, Portuguese
LisaLEE-sə (English), LEE-zah (German), LEE-sah (Dutch)English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Italian
Goldberg['gəuldbɜ:g]
Jagodayah-GAW-dah (Polish)Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Polish
Rozalia-Polish, Romanian