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   The meaning of STYMIE is to present an obstacle to : stand in the way of. How to use stymie in a sentence. Did you know?

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   STYMIE definition: 1. to prevent something from happening or someone from achieving a purpose: 2. to prevent…. Learn more.

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   Define stymie. stymie synonyms, stymie pronunciation, stymie translation, English dictionary definition of stymie. tr.v. sty·mied , sty·mie·ing , sty·mies To be an obstacle to; prevent the advancement or success of; thwart or stump: weather that stymied attempts to...

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   Stymie definition: to hinder, block, or thwart.. See examples of STYMIE used in a sentence.

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   the condition that exists on a putting green when an opponent's ball lies in a direct line between the player's ball and the hole: since 1951, the obstructing ball may be picked up to permit a putt to be made. 2. any situation in which one is obstructed or frustrated.

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   What is stymie verb?

   • Definition of stymie verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary stymie somebody/something to prevent somebody from doing something that they have planned or want to do; to prevent something from happening synonym foil He found himself stymied by an old opponent. Financial difficulties have stymied the company’s growth.

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   What does stymied mean?

   • To be an obstacle to; prevent the advancement or success of; thwart or stump: weather that stymied attempts to locate the missing hikers; a math problem that stymied half the class. n. 1. An obstacle or obstruction. 2. 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.

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   What does stymy mean?

   • any situation in which one is obstructed or frustrated 3. to hinder or obstruct as with a stymie 4. to block; impede Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. 1. Golf (on a putting green) 2. 3. Also: stymy, stimy SYNONYMS 3. stump, mystify, frustrate, confound.

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   What is a Stymie in golf?

   • It was also in the 19th century that the word stymie entered English as a noun referring to a golfing situation in which one player's ball lies between another ball and the hole on the putting green, thereby blocking the line of play. Later, stymie came to be used as a verb meaning "to bring into the position of, or impede by, a stymie."

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   stymie somebody/something to prevent somebody from doing something that they have planned or want to do; to prevent something from happening synonym foil. He found himself stymied by an old opponent. Financial difficulties have stymied the company’s growth.