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stymies

stymies is the plural of stymie.

stymies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of stymie.

Meaning of stymie

Noun

stymie (plural stymies)

  1. A situation where an opponent's ball is directly in the way of one's own ball and the hole, on the putting green (abolished 1952).
  2. (broadly) An obstacle or obstruction.
    • Mary, will you be mine? Shall we go round together? Will you fix up a match with me on the links of life which shall end only when the Grim Reaper lays us both a stymie?1922, P. G. Wodehouse, The Clicking of Cuthbert

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Questions about stymies

What is stymies the plural of?
Stymies is the plural of stymie.

Words near stymies in the dictionary

  1. Stymfalian
  2. Stymfalians
  3. stymie
  4. stymied
  5. stymieing
  6. stymies
  7. Stymphalia
  8. Stymphalian
  9. Stymphalian bird
  10. Stymphalian birds
  11. Stymphalians

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