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estop

/ɪˈstɒp/

estop verb: to impede or bar by estoppel.

Verb

estop (third-person singular simple present estops, present participle estopping, simple past and past participle estopped)

  1. To impede or bar by estoppel.
    • […] we twitted them, while we were together in the sun of the Continent, about English heating habits. Having done that, we are now estopped from bringing the matter up.1957 November 23, William F. Buckley Jr., National Review
    • 2020: "Nancy Pelosi Should Take All the Time She Needs to Submit Articles of Impeachment" by Philip Bobbitt, Slate.com
      Finally, new evidence—emails surrounding the decision to withhold appropriated military assistance from Ukraine—has come out since the vote. Is anyone suggesting that the House...
  2. To stop up; to plug.
    Synonyms:
    stanch, stopple

Synonyms of estop

Forms of estop

third-person singular presentestops
present participleestopping
past participleestopped
pastestopped

Origin of estop

Inherited from Middle English estoppen (“to prevent (conception)”), from Anglo-Norman and Old French estoper, from a Late Latin stuppō.

Words formed from estop

Words that rhyme with estop

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Questions about estop

What does estop mean?
Estop means to impede or bar by estoppel.
What part of speech is estop?
Estop is a verb.
How do you pronounce estop?
Estop is pronounced /ɪˈstɒp/.
What is the past tense of estop?
The past tense of estop is estopped.

Words near estop in the dictionary

  1. Estonified
  2. Estonifies
  3. Estonify
  4. Estonifying
  5. Estons
  6. estop
  7. estoppage
  8. estoppages
  9. estoppal
  10. estopped
  11. estoppee

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