What is the meaning of stalling?

noun

• A tactic used to mislead or delay.
  • synonyms: stall

verb

• Postpone doing what one should be doing.
  • usage: "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"
  • synonyms: procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally
• Come to a stop.
  • usage: "The car stalled in the driveway"
  • synonyms: stall, conk
• Deliberately delay an event or action.
  • usage: "she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling"
  • synonyms: stall
• Put into, or keep in, a stall.
  • usage: "Stall the horse"
  • synonyms: stall
• Experience a stall in flight, of airplanes.
  • synonyms: stall
• Cause an airplane to go into a stall.
  • synonyms: stall
• Cause an engine to stop.
  • usage: "The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car"
  • synonyms: stall