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instopping

instopping is the present participle and gerund of instop.

Meaning of instop

Verb

instop (third-person singular simple present instops, present participle instopping, simple past and past participle instopped)

  1. (transitive) To stop; close; shut; make fast.

Questions about instopping

What is instopping the present participle and gerund of?
Instopping is the present participle and gerund of instop.

Words near instopping in the dictionary

  1. instmt.
  2. instmts.
  3. insto
  4. instop
  5. instopped
  6. instopping
  7. instops
  8. instore
  9. instored
  10. instores
  11. instoring

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Adapted from Wiktionary: instopping (page history and authors); instop (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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