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Definition of Stymies

Stymie
Stymie Sty"mie, n. Also Stimy Sti"my . [Orig. uncertain.] (Golf) The position of two balls on the putting green such that, being more than six inches apart, one ball lies directly between the other and the hole at which the latter must be played; also, the act of bringing the balls into this position.
Stymie
Stymie Sty"mie, v. t. Also Stimy Sti"my . (Golf) To bring into the position of, or impede by, a stymie.

Meaning of Stymies from wikipedia

- A stymie was a situation in greens play in golf where one player's ball blocked the path of another's to the cup, governed by a now obsolete rule of golf...
- famous for playing Stymie in the Our Gang short comedy films of 1930–1935. The role was so well known that he adopted the name Stymie Beard, and was so...
- Look up stymie in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Stymie is an obsolete greens situation once governed by rule in golf. Stymie or Stymies may also refer...
- The Stymie Stakes is an American race for Thoroughbred horses at Aqueduct Racetrack. Usually raced in late February or early March, it is open to horses...
- Stymie (April 4, 1941 − 1962) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Stymie, a chestnut horse with a narrow white blaze was bred by Max Hirsch and was...
- comprises the Blues team, the second-team Cambridge University Golf Club Stymies, and the Ladies team. The club was founded in 1869, and the first University...
- implements of war. In 1940, ****an invaded French Indochina, attempting to stymie the flow of supplies reaching China. The United States halted shipments...
- extricate the British government from Northern Ireland was ultimately stymied by the fear that doing so might lead to catastrophe. The Irish government...
- 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Sabreclaw is a character in the MC2 universe who first appeared in J2 #8 (May 1999). He is the...
- attention to Waldo, the new rich kid whose father is an oil tycoon. Spanky, Stymie and friends judge Alfalfa's punishment to be left guarding the go-kart around...