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double-stopping

double-stopping is the present participle and gerund of double-stop.

Meaning of double-stop

Verb

double-stop (third-person singular simple present double-stops, present participle double-stopping, simple past and past participle double-stopped)

  1. to play on two stopped strings of a stringed instrument simultaneously.
    • Divisi in the orchestra greatly reduces the need for double-stopping, per se, in this form of string playing.1957, Clifford A. Cook, String teaching and some related topics, page 39

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Questions about double-stopping

What is double-stopping the present participle and gerund of?
Double-stopping is the present participle and gerund of double-stop.

Words near double-stopping in the dictionary

  1. double-spaced
  2. double-spaces
  3. double-spacing
  4. double-stop
  5. double-stopped
  6. double-stopping
  7. double-stops
  8. double-stranded
  9. double-struck
  10. double-stuff
  11. double-stuffed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: double-stopping (page history and authors); double-stop (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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