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stymie
verb stymies, stymied, stymieing, stymying
- 1. To prevent, thwart, hinder or frustrate.
- Example: Plans for expansion were stymied by cash-flow problems
- Thesaurus: hinder, block, impede, obstruct, confound, stump, frustrate, thwart, puzzle, nonplus; Antonym: assist.
- Said of a player or their ball: to impede an opponent's putt by blocking their path to the hole.
- 1. golf., formerly
- A situation on the green where an opponent's ball blocks the path between one's own ball and the hole, and which is no longer current because of a change in the rules which now allow for the use of markers.
adj
- Placed in an awkward situation; unable to take the kind of action required or desired.
