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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈstaɪmi/ Audio: en-us-stymie.ogg [US] Forms: stymies [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪmi Etymology: From the meaning in golf (where the stymie ball blocks the other ball from "seeing" the hole), perhaps from Scots stymie, stimie (“person with poor eyesight”), from Scots stime (“the least bit”). Or from Scots styme (“tiny bit, glimmer”) as in se nocht ane styme (“not to see a glimmer (of something)”). If so, it is a doublet of stime. Etymology templates: {{der|en|sco|stymie}} Scots stymie, {{m|sco|stimie|t=person with poor eyesight}} stimie (“person with poor eyesight”), {{der|en|sco|stime|t=the least bit}} Scots stime (“the least bit”), {{der|en|sco|styme|t=tiny bit, glimmer}} Scots styme (“tiny bit, glimmer”), {{m|sco|se nocht ane styme|t=not to see a glimmer (of something)}} se nocht ane styme (“not to see a glimmer (of something)”), {{doublet|en|stime|nocap=1}} doublet of stime Head templates: {{en-noun}} stymie (plural stymies)
  1. (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). Categories (topical): Golf
    Sense id: en-stymie-en-noun-EV07tjV7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 18 23 17 Topics: golf, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. (by extension) An obstacle or obstruction. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-stymie-en-noun-hFH2ktYk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: stimie, stimy, stymy

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈstaɪmi/ Audio: en-us-stymie.ogg [US] Forms: stymies [present, singular, third-person], stymieing [participle, present], stymying [participle, present], stymied [participle, past], stymied [past]
Rhymes: -aɪmi Etymology: From the meaning in golf (where the stymie ball blocks the other ball from "seeing" the hole), perhaps from Scots stymie, stimie (“person with poor eyesight”), from Scots stime (“the least bit”). Or from Scots styme (“tiny bit, glimmer”) as in se nocht ane styme (“not to see a glimmer (of something)”). If so, it is a doublet of stime. Etymology templates: {{der|en|sco|stymie}} Scots stymie, {{m|sco|stimie|t=person with poor eyesight}} stimie (“person with poor eyesight”), {{der|en|sco|stime|t=the least bit}} Scots stime (“the least bit”), {{der|en|sco|styme|t=tiny bit, glimmer}} Scots styme (“tiny bit, glimmer”), {{m|sco|se nocht ane styme|t=not to see a glimmer (of something)}} se nocht ane styme (“not to see a glimmer (of something)”), {{doublet|en|stime|nocap=1}} doublet of stime Head templates: {{en-verb|~s|~ing|~d|pres_ptc2=stymying}} stymie (third-person singular simple present stymies, present participle stymieing or stymying, simple past and past participle stymied)
  1. To thwart or stump; to cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck. Synonyms: block, thwart Translations (to thwart or stump): empallegar (Catalan), destorbar (Catalan), contrariar (Catalan), travar (Catalan), bloquejar (Catalan), 阻礙 (Chinese Mandarin), 阻碍 (zǔ'ài) (Chinese Mandarin), belemmeren (Dutch), ten val brengen (Dutch), hinderen (Dutch), nujertaa (Finnish), lannistaa (Finnish), obstruer (French), mettre en échec (French), lahmlegen (German), ματαιώνω (mataióno) (Greek), meghiúsít (Hungarian), déan idirluí ar (Irish), caoch (Irish), ostacolare (Italian), ostruire (Italian), intrigare (Italian), mettere in ginocchio (Italian), 追い詰める (oitsumeru) (alt: おいつめる) (Japanese), kaiwaenga (Maori), dekke (Norwegian Bokmål), sette i en vanskelig stilling (Norwegian Bokmål), dekkje (Norwegian Nynorsk), setje i ei vanskeleg stilling (Norwegian Nynorsk), impedir (Portuguese), obstruir (Portuguese), загоня́ть в у́гол (zagonjátʹ v úgol) [imperfective] (Russian), загна́ть в у́гол (zagnátʹ v úgol) [perfective] (Russian), ста́вить в тупи́к (stávitʹ v tupík) [imperfective] (Russian), поста́вить в тупи́к (postávitʹ v tupík) [perfective] (Russian), zapriječiti (Serbo-Croatian), zaprečiti (Serbo-Croatian), onemogućavati (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-stymie-en-verb-TfJA5Ggi Disambiguation of 'to thwart or stump': 96 4
  2. (golf) To bring into the position of, or impede by, a stymie. Categories (topical): Golf
    Sense id: en-stymie-en-verb-VKEjYIjB Topics: golf, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: stimie, stimy, stymy

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "2024 January 10, Christian Wolmar, “A time for change? ... just as it was back in issue 262”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 60",
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "to thwart or stump",
          "word": "empallegar"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to thwart or stump",
          "word": "destorbar"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to thwart or stump",
          "word": "contrariar"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to thwart or stump",
          "word": "travar"
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to thwart or stump",
          "word": "bloquejar"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to thwart or stump",
          "word": "阻礙"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zǔ'ài",
          "sense": "to thwart or stump",
          "word": "阻碍"
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to thwart or stump",
          "word": "belemmeren"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to thwart or stump",
          "word": "ten val brengen"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to thwart or stump",
          "word": "hinderen"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to thwart or stump",
          "word": "nujertaa"
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        {
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to thwart or stump",
          "word": "lannistaa"
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to thwart or stump",
          "word": "obstruer"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to thwart or stump",
          "word": "mettre en échec"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to thwart or stump",
          "word": "lahmlegen"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "mataióno",
          "sense": "to thwart or stump",
          "word": "ματαιώνω"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to thwart or stump",
          "word": "meghiúsít"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to thwart or stump",
          "word": "déan idirluí ar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to thwart or stump",
          "word": "caoch"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to thwart or stump",
          "word": "ostacolare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to thwart or stump",
          "word": "ostruire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to thwart or stump",
          "word": "intrigare"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to thwart or stump",
          "word": "mettere in ginocchio"
        },
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          "alt": "おいつめる",
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          "word": "追い詰める"
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          "lang": "Maori",
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          "word": "kaiwaenga"
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          "sense": "to thwart or stump",
          "word": "dekke"
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          "word": "sette i en vanskelig stilling"
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          "word": "dekkje"
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          "sense": "to thwart or stump",
          "word": "setje i ei vanskeleg stilling"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to thwart or stump",
          "word": "impedir"
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to thwart or stump",
          "word": "obstruir"
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zagonjátʹ v úgol",
          "sense": "to thwart or stump",
          "tags": [
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        },
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          "roman": "zagnátʹ v úgol",
          "sense": "to thwart or stump",
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          "word": "загна́ть в у́гол"
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          "roman": "stávitʹ v tupík",
          "sense": "to thwart or stump",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ста́вить в тупи́к"
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          "roman": "postávitʹ v tupík",
          "sense": "to thwart or stump",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "поста́вить в тупи́к"
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to thwart or stump",
          "word": "zapriječiti"
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          "sense": "to thwart or stump",
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to thwart or stump",
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          "ref": "2024 January 10, Christian Wolmar, “A time for change? ... just as it was back in issue 262”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 60",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "to thwart or stump",
      "word": "empallegar"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
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    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
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    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "to thwart or stump",
      "word": "travar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to thwart or stump",
      "word": "bloquejar"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "to thwart or stump",
      "word": "阻礙"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zǔ'ài",
      "sense": "to thwart or stump",
      "word": "阻碍"
    },
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      "sense": "to thwart or stump",
      "word": "belemmeren"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "to thwart or stump",
      "word": "ten val brengen"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "to thwart or stump",
      "word": "hinderen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to thwart or stump",
      "word": "nujertaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to thwart or stump",
      "word": "lannistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to thwart or stump",
      "word": "obstruer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to thwart or stump",
      "word": "mettre en échec"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to thwart or stump",
      "word": "lahmlegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "mataióno",
      "sense": "to thwart or stump",
      "word": "ματαιώνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to thwart or stump",
      "word": "meghiúsít"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to thwart or stump",
      "word": "déan idirluí ar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to thwart or stump",
      "word": "caoch"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to thwart or stump",
      "word": "ostacolare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to thwart or stump",
      "word": "ostruire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to thwart or stump",
      "word": "intrigare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to thwart or stump",
      "word": "mettere in ginocchio"
    },
    {
      "alt": "おいつめる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "oitsumeru",
      "sense": "to thwart or stump",
      "word": "追い詰める"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to thwart or stump",
      "word": "kaiwaenga"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to thwart or stump",
      "word": "dekke"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to thwart or stump",
      "word": "sette i en vanskelig stilling"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to thwart or stump",
      "word": "dekkje"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to thwart or stump",
      "word": "setje i ei vanskeleg stilling"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to thwart or stump",
      "word": "impedir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to thwart or stump",
      "word": "obstruir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to thwart or stump",
      "word": "obstruir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zagonjátʹ v úgol",
      "sense": "to thwart or stump",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "загоня́ть в у́гол"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zagnátʹ v úgol",
      "sense": "to thwart or stump",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "загна́ть в у́гол"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stávitʹ v tupík",
      "sense": "to thwart or stump",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ста́вить в тупи́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "postávitʹ v tupík",
      "sense": "to thwart or stump",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "поста́вить в тупи́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to thwart or stump",
      "word": "zapriječiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to thwart or stump",
      "word": "zaprečiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to thwart or stump",
      "word": "onemogućavati"
    }
  ],
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}

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