stymie.
A situation where an opponent's ball is directly in the way of one's own ball and the hole, on the putting green (abolished 1952).
Meaning & usage
A situation where an opponent's ball is directly in the way of one's own ball and the hole, on the putting green (abolished 1952).
An obstacle or obstruction.
Where this word comes from
From the meaning in golf (where the stymie ball blocks the other ball from "seeing" the hole), perhaps from Scots stymie, stimie (“person with poor eyesight”), from Scots stime (“the least bit”). Or from Scots styme (“tiny bit, glimmer”) as in se nocht ane styme (“not to see a glimmer (of something)”). If so, it is a doublet of stime.
To thwart or stump; to cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck.
They had lost the key, and the lock stymied the first three locksmiths they called.
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To bring into the position of, or impede by, a stymie.
Where this word comes from
From the meaning in golf (where the stymie ball blocks the other ball from "seeing" the hole), perhaps from Scots stymie, stimie (“person with poor eyesight”), from Scots stime (“the least bit”). Or from Scots styme (“tiny bit, glimmer”) as in se nocht ane styme (“not to see a glimmer (of something)”). If so, it is a doublet of stime.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.