full stopped

Adjective

full-stopped (not comparable)

1. (rare) With a full stop.
   • I should add that holding a degree doesn't matter too much in life. Don't be impressed by people with 25 full-stopped letters after their names. Hear the kinds of things they have to say and judge what comes out of the mouth. FYI, I have completed a Ph.D. program in a science discipline. Now does...1998 October 3, BuyukYarak@yahoo.com, “Murdering Serb Bastards”, in soc.culture.russian (Usenet), archived from the original on 10 Dec 2025
2. (rare) Completely stopped.
   • Each of those steps assures you the latitude to "tweak" any or all of the adjustment screws/knobs when it's finished. In other words, no single adjustment is "full-stopped" in either direction.1996 August 16, Mike Apsey, “Gears - STX Derailleur adjustment”, in aus.bicycle (Usenet), archived from the original on 10 Dec 2025

Noun

full stop (plural full stops)

1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK) The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩ (indicating the end of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
   • the final period / the final full stop2002, Sarah Kane, 4.48 Psychosis, Methuen, →ISBN, page 41

   Synonyms:

   period, dot

2. (figuratively) A decisive end to something.
   • [S]pielberg was keen to stress that The Fabelmans is not a full stop: “It is not because I decided to retire, and this is my swan song, don’t believe that.”2022 October 22, Wendy Ide, quoting Steven Spielberg, “‘It’s a way to bring my mum and dad back’: Steven Spielberg on the new wave of cine-memoirs”, in The Guardian

   Synonyms:

   hard stop

3. A complete stop.
   • The train moved slowly, very slowly, but at least it was moving, and the customers were grateful even for indecisive motion going their way. Just outside the Nassau border, in Queens, the train came to a full stop.1978 February 26, Richard F. Shepard, “ABOUT LONG ISLAND: 7 Hours to Manhasset, and So Forth”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...

   Synonyms:

   point, -x

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