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stopped traffic

stopped traffic is the simple past and past participle of stop traffic.

Meaning of stop traffic

Verb

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

  1. (informal) To attract astonished admiration, especially by being stunningly physically attractive.
    • She was brilliant and gorgeous, apparently happy and fulfilled, a 28-year-old astrophysicist with a body that stopped traffic and a sweet temperament.1998 February 2, Adam Begley, “Amis Talks American, Takes a Metaphysical Meander”, in Observer, archived from the original on 20 Oct 2022
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stop, traffic.
    • RCMP say a large demonstration continues to block off Highway 4 in southern Alberta on Sunday morning near the village of Coutts, Alta., largely stopping traffic to and from the Canada-United States border crossing.2022 January 29, Joel Dryden, “Protest convoy continues to block traffic to U.S. border: RCMP”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2022

Questions about stopped traffic

What is stopped traffic the simple past and past participle of?
Stopped traffic is the simple past and past participle of stop traffic.

Words near stopped traffic in the dictionary

  1. stopped someone in their tracks
  2. stopped someone's clock
  3. stopped the bleeding
  4. stopped the job
  5. stopped the presses
  6. stopped traffic
  7. stopped two gaps with one bush
  8. stopped up
  9. stopped-clock illusion
  10. stoppedness
  11. stoppedst

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