stymy

/S T AY1 M IY0/
verb
  1. 1

    Alternative spelling of stymie. [To thwart or stump; to cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck.]

noun
  1. 1

    Alternative spelling of stymie. [(golf) 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).]