Stonewall

Noun

 * 1) A wall made up of stone.

Verb

 * 1)  To refuse to cooperate, especially in supplying information.
 * At the press conference, the Prime Minister appeared to be stonewalling when asked about tax increases.

Adjective

 * 1)  certain, stone cold
 * Martin Smith, Daily Telegraph, 19 February 2007:
 * Fortune favoured the fortunate when Martin Atkinson ignored a stonewall penalty
 * Gordon Parks, Daily Record, 13 January 2011:
 * Lennon also pointed to a booking for Niall McGinn for diving as a stonewall penalty to add to his grievances.

Thesaurus
baffle, balk, blast, brave, challenge, checkmate, circumvent, confound, confront, contravene, counter, counteract, countermand, counterwork, cross, dash, deceive, defeat, defy, destroy, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, dish, disrupt, elude, evade, flummox, foil, frustrate, get around, get round, give the runaround, give the slip, go one better, knock the chocks, nonplus, outfigure, outflank, outgeneral, outguess, outmaneuver, outplay, outreach, outsmart, outwit, overreach, pass the buck, perplex, ruin, sabotage, scotch, spike, spoil, stump, thwart, upset, victimize

Verb

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