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full-stopping

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

Meaning of full-stop

Verb

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

  1. (ambitransitive, informal, rare) To completely stop.
    • Three touch and goes later, (and after a refresher on CTAF radio ops - announcing I'm on base when I'm really on downwind might confuse people), I full-stopped and taxied up to the little commuter terminal. CFI and the kids get out, and I'm on my own.1997 November 21, Don Corbitt, “Solo In Seattle”, in rec.aviation.student (Usenet), archived from the original on 10 Dec 2025

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Questions about full-stopping

What is full-stopping the present participle and gerund of?
Full-stopping is the present participle and gerund of full-stop.

Words near full-stopping in the dictionary

  1. full-stackers
  2. full-stop
  3. full-stop landing
  4. full-stop landings
  5. full-stopped
  6. full-stopping
  7. full-stops
  8. full-stretch
  9. full-summed
  10. full-throated
  11. full-throatedly

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