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Definition of: stymie
(stī′mē) noun
A condition obtaining in golf when an opponent's ball lies in the line of the player's putt on the green, the balls being more than six inches apart.
—v.t. ·mied, ·my·ing
1. To block (an opponent) by or as by a stymie.
2. To baffle or perplex. Also spelled stimy. [Origin uncertain]
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