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Definition of: stonewall
(stōn′wôl′) v.i.
1. In cricket, to play on the defensive so as to secure a draw.
2. Austral. To oppose by a policy of obstruction; filibuster: a political term.
3. U.S. Slang To act in a calculatedly obstructive way, as by lying or failing to respond to inquiry.
—v.t.
4. U.S. Slang To respond to by stonewalling.
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