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double-stops

double-stops is the third-person singular simple present indicative of double-stop.

double-stops is the plural 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-stops

What is double-stops the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Double-stops is the third-person singular simple present indicative of double-stop.

Words near double-stops in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: double-stops (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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