WORD OF THE DAY
The verb stymie means "to obstruct or hinder." Constantly texting with your friends will stymie your effort to finish your homework.
Stymie was first used on the golf course in Scotland, where it referred to an opponent's ball blocking your own ball’s path to the cup. From there a verb sense developed, until finally stymie came to mean blocking with any obstacle, not just a golf ball.
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