To come to a dead-end.
A road with no exit.
A position that offers no hope of progress.
Going nowhere; blocked.
To thwart or stump; to cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck.
To bring into the position of, or impede by, a stymie.
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).
An obstacle or obstruction.