STYMIE

Stymie

Stymie was an American Thoroughbred racehorse.

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stymie

Noun

  1. An obstacle or obstruction.
  2. A situation where an opponent's ball is directly in the way of one's own ball and the hole, on the putting green.

Verb

  1. To thwart or stump; to cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck.
    They had lost the key, and the lock stymied the first three locksmiths they called.


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