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noun • a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed • small area set off by walls for special use • a booth where articles are displayed for sale • a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge • seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater • small individual study area in a library • a tactic used to mislead or delay verb • postpone doing what one should be doing • come to a stop • deliberately delay an event or action • put into, or keep in, a stall • experience a stall in flight, of airplanes • cause an airplane to go into a stall • cause an engine to stop | ||||||||
| 31% | 5 | A swift evasive dart, dive or duck; a trick; a quibble; or, the action of two change-ringing bells trading places | ||||||
noun • an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade • a quick evasive movement • a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery verb • make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid • move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course • avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) | ||||||||
| 25% | 5 | Trick-or-treater's trick | ||||||
noun • a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement adjective satellite • ludicrously odd verb • act as or like a clown | ||||||||
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1 | A dive, duck, sidestep, shun, veer or other evasive/hiding movement; a quibble; a ruse or cunning trick in order to avoid something unpleasant; or, an instance of two bells trading places in change-ringing
Telegraph Giant General Knowledge -
26 Aug 2023 | Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 26 Aug 2023 |
2 | A swift evasive dart, dive or duck; a trick; a quibble; or, the action of two change-ringing bells trading places
Telegraph Giant General Knowledge -
08 Apr 2023 | Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 08 Apr 2023 |
3 | Evasive or elusive quality | |
4 | Evasive or indirect reference | |
5 | Reticent about two newspapers appearing evasive
The Guardian Cryptic -
18 Oct 2019 | The Guardian Cryptic / 18 Oct 2019 |
6 | Trick-or-treater's trick
New York Times -
31 Oct 1982 | New York Times / 31 Oct 1982 |
7 | Tries an evasive trick
New York Times -
20 Dec 1977 | New York Times / 20 Dec 1977 |
