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.

What is the meaning stymie?

transitive verb. : to present an obstacle to : stand in the way of stymied by red tape.

What does Stimed mean?

Definition of STIMED:

STIME, to peer (to look narrowly or searchingly) [v]