Stonewall

Quick meaning: Stonewall is a noun meaning (idiomatic) An obstruction.

Meaning

(idiomatic) An obstruction.

More Meanings

1. (idiomatic) A refusal to cooperate.
2. (transitive) To obstruct.
3. (ambitransitive, informal) To refuse to answer or cooperate, especially in supplying information.
4. (British) Certain, definite.
5. (idiomatic, historical) An alcoholic drink popular in colonial America, consisting of apple cider (or sometimes applejack) mixed with rum (or sometimes gin or whisky).
6. Alternative form of stone wall (“wall made of stone”).

Example Sentences

Our conversation took place in a sort of no-man's land of irregular French. M. Crèspy's patois and Midi twang battled for meaning against my stonewall classroom phrases.

[…] I suddenly realized that here was the opening I had been searching for and perhaps even the possibility of striking a great blow, a blow perhaps powerful enough to shatter her stonewall defence, be it sane or insane.

"Okay," I said sarcastically, while inside wondering what she was picking up on. / "Anyway," she said, sensing my stonewall, "I was just checking out the Pine Needlers' Facebook Page again, and you guys are killing it. Killing it with kindness as they say."

That was what was causing the Government to hesitate in bringing down the Bill. There would be so many amendments proposed, and so many stonewalls erected, that much time would be occupied, and, that being so, he felt he must go on with other business first.

Word Forms

• stonewalls
• stonewalling
• stonewalled

Synonyms for stonewall

Depending on context, synonyms include stone cold.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include stall, avoid, stone-throwing, gay bashing, stoking, storm.

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