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estopped

estopped is the simple past and past participle of estop.

Meaning of estop

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
  2. To stop up; to plug.
    Synonyms:
    stanch, stopple

Words formed from estopped

Questions about estopped

What is estopped the simple past and past participle of?
Estopped is the simple past and past participle of estop.

Words near estopped in the dictionary

  1. Estons
  2. estop
  3. estoppage
  4. estoppages
  5. estoppal
  6. estopped
  7. estoppee
  8. estoppees
  9. estoppel
  10. estoppel by deed
  11. estoppels

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Adapted from Wiktionary: estopped (page history and authors); estop (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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