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stop-and-go

stop-and-go is the alternative form of stop-go.

Meaning of stop-go

Adjective

stop-go (comparative more stop-go, superlative most stop-go)

  1. Alternately active and inactive; intermittent.
    • We are suffering the consequences of three years of a stop-go economic policy.

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Noun

stop-and-go (plural stop-and-gos)

  1. A combination of moves in which, before the flop is dealt, the player calls on an opponent's raise, and then after the flop is dealt, goes all in, regardless of whether the flop works with their hand.
    • They'll also hit you with unexpected check-raises in unlikely situations and maybe even throw stop-and-gos at you from the blind.2006, John Vorhaus, Killer Poker Online 2, page 149
    • The stop-and-go is a play in which you call a raise from the big blind, and then push on any flop. In my opinion, the stop-and-go is another case of fancy play syndrome. I honestly can't remember the last time I used this play […]Jonathan Little, Secrets of Professional Tournament Poker (volume 1)

Synonyms of stop-and-go

Forms of stop-and-go

Adjective
comparativemore stop-and-go
superlativemost stop-and-go
Noun
pluralstop-and-gos

Phrases with stop-and-go

Questions about stop-and-go

What does stop-and-go mean?
Stop-and-go means a combination of moves in which, before the flop is dealt, the player calls on an opponent's raise, and then after the flop is dealt, goes all in, regardless of whether the flop works with their hand.
What is stop-and-go the alternative form of?
Stop-and-go is the alternative form of stop-go.
What part of speech is stop-and-go?
Stop-and-go is a noun.
What is the plural of stop-and-go?
The plural of stop-and-go is stop-and-gos.

Words near stop-and-go in the dictionary

  1. stop words
  2. stop, drop and roll
  3. stop-action
  4. stop-and-frisk
  5. stop-and-frisks
  6. stop-and-go
  7. stop-and-go light
  8. stop-and-go lights
  9. stop-and-go penalties
  10. stop-and-go penalty
  11. stop-and-gos

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