Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of one who or that which stops, in any sense.
- noun In etching. See
to stop out , under stop, transitive verb - noun The act or process of altering the pitch of the tones of a musical instrument in any of the ways described under stop, transitive verb, 10.
- noun Something that stops.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Material for filling a cavity.
- noun (Mining) A partition or door to direct or prevent a current of air.
- noun (Far.) A pad or poultice of dung or other material applied to a horse's hoof to keep it moist.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
stop . - noun Material for
filling acavity . - noun mining A
partition ordoor todirect orprevent acurrent ofair . - noun A
pad orpoultice ofdung or other material applied to ahorse 'shoof to keep itmoist .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members
- noun the kind of playing that involves pressing the fingers on the strings of a stringed instrument to control the pitch
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Examples
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Though one has to be careful of the term stopping the march of the supermarkets.
The Decline of the British High Street Peter Troy 2007
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Less than a month later, Drayton would successfully defend his title stopping Moroccan born Said Skouma, (22-4), of France, in the
Doghouse Boxing News 2009
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Less than a month later, Drayton would successfully defend his title stopping Moroccan born Said Skouma, (22-4), of France, in the
Doghouse Boxing News 2009
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Less than a month later, Drayton would successfully defend his title stopping Moroccan born Said Skouma, (22-4), of France, in the
Doghouse Boxing News 2009
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Here was a man who devotes his life to what he describes as stopping the mass killings of babies chastising an event for including someone in our program who wants to stop the mass killings of gays and lesbians.
Thor Halvorssen: United Nations: It's Okay to Kill the Gay Thor Halvorssen 2010
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My own report, to be published shortly, will conclusively prove police discrimination in stopping sword slashing paranoid-schizophrenics 50 times more regularly than those in the general population, demanding the end of this prejudiced practice.
Police Search Too Few White People SHOCK!! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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If you begin stopping at the Johnstown equivalents while going from PHL to PIT, you quickly dissipate much of the value that HSR might have had for PHL-PIT travelers.
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These two injuries, though, are definitely a concern as both Taylor and Whitley are vital in stopping Georgia Tech's dynamic option attack.
LB Bruce Taylor could be limited vs. Georgia Tech Mark Giannotto 2010
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As often happens, it wasn't clear that the bad guys 'conspiracy made sense (and even less clear how the Doctor had got involved in stopping it; or for that matter where the cat's cradle of the title comes into it) but I very much enjoyed the ride.
February Books 6) Cat's Cradle: Warhead, by Andrew Cartmel nwhyte 2010
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But the strategy we have to use in stopping them is shaming and brow-beating the fat, retarded knuckle-draggers who buy every single issue of the "Summer Event".
oroboros commented on the word stopping
Hey, thanks for stopping; and here's your bonus shopping premium: Reversed History: In some time past, everyone with the same name was the same person. (Come again.)
--Jan Cox
October 15, 2007
misterpolly commented on the word stopping
Double stopping - playing two notes on a violin (or the like) on two adjacent strings.
February 14, 2008