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Synonyms for stymie

Grammar : Verb
Spell : stahy-mee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈstaɪ mi

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Définition of stymie

Origin :
  • 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 golf, is from 1857; general sense of "block, hinder, thwart" is from 1902.
  • verb frustrate, hinder
Example sentences :
  • The simplest and most frequent is the waiving of the lost stroke for a stymie.
  • Extract from : « The Spirit of the Links » by Henry Leach
  • Of the Stymie, let it be said, that as it always has been a freak of the game, so let it continue to be.
  • Extract from : « The Sportswoman's Library, Vol. 1 of 2 » by Various
  • A stymie, is when the opponent's ball is on the line of your own putt.
  • Extract from : « The Sportswoman's Library, Vol. 1 of 2 » by Various
  • Well, the first thing to be done is to get rid of Loudon's stymie with the authorities.
  • Extract from : « Huntingtower » by John Buchan
  • Duncan took his mashie and played the stymie shot perfectly, "just in the usual way."
  • Extract from : « The Soul of Golf » by Percy Adolphus Vaile
  • It is obvious from this description that the stroke in Braid's mind is totally different from my stymie stroke.
  • Extract from : « The Soul of Golf » by Percy Adolphus Vaile
  • There is another way of negotiating a stymie which I have never seen described.
  • Extract from : « The Soul of Golf » by Percy Adolphus Vaile
  • I suppose I must have explained a stymie or a no-ball very cleverly once.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 147, August 12, 1914 » by Various
  • He wished frantically that he could have figured out a way to stymie the chase, but starships were not built to be sabotaged.
  • Extract from : « The Sex Life of the Gods » by Michael Knerr
  • He may dodge a stymie or circumvent an inconvenient piece of the green over which, without the cut, the ball would have to travel.
  • Extract from : « The Complete Golfer [1905] » by Harry Vardon

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