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  • stymie — [stī′mē] n. [prob. a use of earlier Scot, a person partially blind < styme < ME stime (sense obscure): the reference is to the blind shot caused by a stymie] 1. Golf the condition that exists on a putting green when an opponent s ball lies… …   English World dictionary

  • Stymie — Sty mie, v. t. Also Stimy Sti my . (Golf) To bring into the position of, or impede by, a stymie. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • stymie — 1834, (n.), condition in which an opponent s golf ball blocks the hole, perhaps from Scottish stymie person who sees poorly, from stime the least bit (c.1300), of uncertain origin (Icelandic cognate skima is attested from c.1685). The verb, in… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Stymie — Sty mie, n. Also Stimy Sti my . [Orig. uncertain.] (Golf) 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 Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • stymie — I verb block, circumscribe, counteract, curb, deadlock, debar, delay, disadvantage, encumber, estop, forestall, frustrate, hamper, handicap, hinder, impede, inconvenience, inhibit, obstruct, parry, preclude, prevent, put an end to, stall, stand… …   Law dictionary

  • stymie — [stimi] n. m. ÉTYM. 1924, Petiot; mot anglais. ❖ ♦ Sports. Situation d un joueur de golf auquel un obstacle barre la trajectoire que devrait suivre sa balle …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • stymie — is now the regular spelling of the word used in golf and in the meaning ‘to obstruct or thwart’, rather than stimy or stimie. The verb has inflected forms stymies, stymied, stymieing …   Modern English usage

  • stymie — [v] frustrate, hinder balk, block, choke off, confound, corner, crab*, cramp, cramp one’s style*, crimp, cut off, dead end*, defeat, foil, give the run around*, hang fire*, hang up*, hold off, hold up, impede, mystify, nonplus, obstruct,… …   New thesaurus

  • stymie — ► VERB (stymies, stymied, stymying or stymieing) informal ▪ prevent or hinder the progress of. ORIGIN originally a golfing term, denoting a situation on the green where a ball obstructs the shot of another player; of unknown origin …   English terms dictionary

  • Stymie Beard — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Beard. Stymie Beard …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Stymie (horse) — Thoroughbred racehorse infobox horsename = Stymie caption = sire = Equestrian grandsire = Equipoise dam = Stop Watch damsire = On Watch sex = Stallion foaled = 1941 country = USA flagicon|USA colour = Chestnut breeder = Max Hirsch owner = Ethel D …   Wikipedia

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