Definition of Stymy

1. Noun. A situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole.

Exact synonyms: Stymie
Generic synonyms: Position, Situation

2. Verb. Hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of. "His brother blocked him at every turn"

3. Noun. A thwarting and distressing situation.
Exact synonyms: Stymie
Generic synonyms: Obstacle, Obstruction
Derivative terms: Stymie

Definition of Stymy

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of stymie) ¹

2. Verb. (alternative spelling of stymie) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stymy

1. to stymie [v -MIED, -MYING, -MIES] - See also: stymie

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stymy

stylostatistical
stylostatistics
stylostixis
stylotypite
stylus
stylus printer
styluses
styme
stymed
stymes
stymie
stymied
stymieing
stymies
styming
stymy (current term)
stymying
styphnate
styphnates
styphnic
styphnic acid
stypsis
stypsises
styptic
styptic pencil
styptic weed
styptical
stypticity
styptick
styptics

Literary usage of Stymy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Adult Literacy And New Technologies: Tools For A Lifetime by Office of Technology Assessment (1994)
"High inmate turnover and prohibitions on contact with released inmates stymy evaluation efforts. The director maintains a positive outlook: The ultimate ..."

2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Common Pleas: On by Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, Alfred James Peter Lutwyche (1847)
"... adjoining township of stymy. . 11 r • i 'nK to certain The Shrewsbury Hospital was founded in pursuance on* g°vernor of the will of Gilbert, ..."

3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Common Pleas: On by Alfred James Peter Lutwyche, Great Britain Court of Common Pleas (1847)
"... adjoining township of stymy. &£!'£ The Shrewsbury Hospital was founded in pursuance one governor of the will of Gilbert, Earl of Shrewsbury, by Henry, ..."

4. Northumberland Words by Richard Oliver Heslop, Harry Haldane, Oliver Heslop (1894)
"... of denudation thus made has been filled by a deposit of solid sandstone. Compare STONE-DIKE. Sidney, stymy, a hard, glazed marble used in boys' play. ..."

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