Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense stonewalls, present participle stonewalling, past tense, past participle stonewalled
verb
If you say that someone stonewalls, you disapprove of them because they delay giving a clear answer or making a clear decision, often because there is something that they want to hide or avoid doing.
[disapproval]
The administration is just stonewalling in an attempt to hide their political embarrassment. [VERB]
He did his best this week to stonewall questions and to block even the most modestproposals. [VERB noun]
[Also Von n]
stonewallinguncountable noun
After 18 days of stonewalling, he at last came out and faced the issue.
stonewall in British English
(ˈstəʊnˌwɔːl, ˌstəʊnˈwɔːl)
verb
1. (intransitive) cricket
(of a batsman) to play defensively
2.
to obstruct or hinder (parliamentary business)
adjective
3.
with no possibility of doubt; certain
a stonewall guarantee
Derived forms
stonewaller (ˈstoneˌwaller)
noun
Stonewall in British English
noun
a bar in Greenwich Village in New York City (in full Stonewall Inn), frequented by LGBT+ people; patrons responded violently to a police raid in June 1969; the events have since been commemorated annually during LGBT Pride week
stonewall in American English
(ˈstoʊnˌwɔl)
verb intransitive
1. Cricket
to play only a defensive game in order to gain a draw
said of a batsman
2. Chiefly British
to obstruct a debate, negotiation, etc.; esp., to filibuster
3. Informal
to behave in an obstructive, uncooperative manner, as by refusing to answer, withholding information, etc. when questioned
verb transitive
4. Informal
to impede or obstruct, esp. by refusing to comply or cooperate with
Examples of 'stonewall' in a sentence
stonewall
`I'll stonewall any enquiries at this end should the need arise.