English-Finnish translations for stymie

• lannistaa
• nujertaa

Definition of 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
• To thwart or stump; to cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck
• To bring into the position of, or impede by, a stymie

Examples

• They had lost the key, and the lock stymied the first three locksmiths they called
• If writing dates has you stymied at times, it is probably for one of two reasons. [https://www.grammarly.com/blog/how-to-write-dates/]

Related words

• stymied
• Stymphalus
• Stymphalian birds