Definition of Stymie. Meaning of Stymie. Synonyms of Stymie

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Definition of Stymie

Stymie
Stymie Sty"mie, n. Also Stimy Sti"my . [Orig. uncertain.] (Golf) The position of two balls on the putting green such that, being more than six inches apart, one ball lies directly between the other and the hole at which the latter must be played; also, the act of bringing the balls into this position.
Stymie
Stymie Sty"mie, v. t. Also Stimy Sti"my . (Golf) To bring into the position of, or impede by, a stymie.

Meaning of Stymie from wikipedia

- A stymie was a situation in greens play in golf where one player's ball blocked the path of another's to the cup, governed by a now obsolete rule of golf...
- famous for playing Stymie in the Our Gang short comedy films of 1930–1935. The role was so well known that he adopted the name Stymie Beard, and was so...
- The Stymie Stakes is an American race for Thoroughbred horses at Aqueduct Racetrack. Usually raced in late February or early March, it is open to horses...
- Stymie (April 4, 1941 − 1962) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Stymie, a chestnut horse with a narrow white blaze was bred by Max Hirsch and was...
- Look up stymie in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Stymie is an obsolete greens situation once governed by rule in golf. Stymie or Stymies may also refer...
- Terrence McNally, Ray Colcord) Stymie Music 2:39 "The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun" (Brown, Coffey, McNally, Colcord) Stymie Music 4:37 Side Two "Will I...
- character was a female at this time, portra**** by Our Gang kid Matthew "Stymie" Beard's younger sister Carlena in For Pete's Sake!, and by Willie Mae Walton...
- attentions to Waldo, the new rich kid whose father is an oil tycoon. Spanky, Stymie and friends judge Alfalfa's punishment to be left guarding the go-kart day...
- implements of war. In 1940, ****an invaded French Indochina, attempting to stymie the flow of supplies reaching China. The United States halted shipments...
- released. Farina and Stymie are orphans and staying in a small flat near a black community church. The authorities want to put Stymie into an orphanage....