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verb
- 1. delay or obstruct (a request, process, or person) by refusing to answer questions or by being evasive: "she has also stonewalled queries about her love life"
noun
- 1. an act of delaying or obstructing a person, request, or process: "I have repeatedly given him the opportunity to clear this matter up, but the estate has met with stonewall after stonewall"
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STONEWALL definition: 1. to stop a discussion from developing by refusing to answer questions or by talking in such a way…. Learn more.
The meaning of STONEWALL is to engage in obstructive parliamentary debate or delaying tactics. How to use stonewall in a sentence.
to stop a discussion from developing by refusing to answer questions or by talking in such a way that you prevent other people from giving their opinions: The interviewer accused the congressman of stonewalling on the issue of campaign funding. sports specialized.
adjective. pertaining to or characteristic of stonewalling: a new round of stonewall tactics. stonewall. / ˌstəʊnˈwɔːl / verb. intr cricket (of a batsman) to play defensively. to obstruct or hinder (parliamentary business)
To stonewall is to deliberately hold something up or delay it, especially by refusing to cooperate or answer questions. A big company might stonewall when its workers try to negotiate for higher pay — and your parents might stonewall when you try to negotiate for a higher allowance.
Stonewall. fighting between the police and gay people that took place after the New York police raided a gay bar, the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village in 1969. It was the first time that large numbers of gay people had resisted arrest and the Gay Liberation Front was formed soon afterwards.
stonewall (somebody/something) (especially in politics) to delay a discussion or decision by refusing to answer questions or by talking a lot. He stonewalled successfully on the Prime Minister’s behalf. She stonewalled questions about her personal life. Want to learn more?
STONEWALL meaning: to refuse or fail to answer questions, to do what has been requested, etc., especially in order to delay or prevent something (chiefly US)
Stonewall in British English. noun. a bar in Greenwich Village in New York City (in full Stonewall Inn ), frequented by LGBT+ people; patrons responded violently to a police raid in June 1969; the events have since been commemorated annually during LGBT Pride week. Collins English Dictionary.
Stonewall a British organization that works to improve the legal rights of homosexual men and women, and to persuade politicians to change any laws that treat homosexuals unfairly. stonewall meaning, definition, what is stonewall: to delay a discussion, decision etc by t...: Learn more.
