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autostops

autostops is the plural of autostop.

autostops is the third-person singular simple present indicative of autostop.

Meaning of autostop

Noun (1)

autostop (uncountable)

  1. A coupon-based system of hitchhiking that operated in communist Poland from the 1950s until the 1990s.
    • Youth organizations have given autostop activity their stamp of approval.1960, Youth and Freedom - Volume 3, page 11

Noun (2)

autostop (plural autostops)

  1. An automatic stopping mechanism or system.
    • The newest Prager shell features single handed immersion biometry, a Luer fitting to facilitate tubing changes, an autostop for exact manufacturer specified probe depth, and six centering guides to ensure perpendicularity.2004, H. John Shammas, Intraocular Lens Power Calculations, →ISBN, page 95

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Questions about autostops

What is autostops the plural of?
Autostops is the plural of autostop.

Words near autostops in the dictionary

  1. autostimulation
  2. autostimulatory
  3. autostop
  4. autostopped
  5. autostopping
  6. autostops
  7. autostrada
  8. autostradas
  9. autostrade
  10. autostrades
  11. autostraightened

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Adapted from Wiktionary: autostops (page history and authors); autostop (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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