stopping
Syllables: stop·pingUK/ˈstɒpɪŋ/
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Australia/ˈstɔpɪŋ/
stopping is the present participle and gerund of stop.
Noun
stopping (plural stoppings)
- The act of something that stops; a halt.
- constant startings and stoppings
- the narrowings, widenings, divertings, or stoppings of the stream of breath1854, William Barnes, A Philological Grammar, page 9
- Synonyms:
- hiatus
- Material for filling a cavity in a tooth.
- an amalgam stopping
- curious antiquaries, sifting the ruins of time, when London is a grass-grown path and all those hurrying along the pavement this Wednesday morning are but bones with a few wedding rings mixed up in their dust and the gold stoppings of innumerable decayed teeth1925, Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway, Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., page 23
- Synonyms:
- filling
- A partition or door to direct or prevent a current of air.
- A pad or poultice of dung or other material applied to a horse's hoof to keep it moist.
- The drawing poultices and stoppings of farriers are often highly injurious, instead of abating inflammation .1831-1850, William Youatt, On the Structure and the Diseases of the Horse
Meaning of stop
Verb
stop (third-person singular simple present stops, present participle stopping, simple past and past participle stopped)
- To cease moving.
- I stopped at the traffic lights.
- Synonyms:
- brake
- Not to continue.
- The riots stopped when police moved in.
- Synonyms:
- blin
- To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.
- The sight of the armed men stopped him in his tracks.
- To cease; to no longer continue.
- One of the wrestlers suddenly stopped fighting.
- Antonyms:
- keep
- To cause (something) to come to an end.
- The referees stopped the fight.
- Synonyms:
- blin
- To interrupt, prevent or end the activity of someone or something.
- Don't let me stop you working.
Synonyms of stopping
Forms of stopping
| plural | stoppings |
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Words formed from stopping
Phrases with stopping
- stopping by
- stopping in
- stopping it
- stopping up
- stopping off
- stopping out
- full stopping
- plow stopping
- stopping cold
- stopping dead
- stopping down
- stopping into
19 more phrasesFewer phrases
- stopping lead
- stopping over
- stopping press
- stopping short
- stopping times
- plough stopping
- stopping trains
- stopping the job
- stopping traffic
- stopping services
- stopping distances
- stopping at nothing
- stopping the presses
- stopping the bleeding
- stopping someone's clock
- stopping and smelling the roses
- stopping two gaps with one bush
- stopping someone in their tracks
- stopping and smelling the flowers
Words that rhyme with stopping
- topping
- shopping
- cropping
- dropping
- chopping
- clopping
- hopping
- lopping
- mopping
- popping
- bopping
- sopping
1 more rhymesFewer rhymes
Questions about stopping
- What does stopping mean?
- Stopping means the act of something that stops; a halt.
- What is stopping the present participle and gerund of?
- Stopping is the present participle and gerund of stop.
- What part of speech is stopping?
- Stopping is a noun.
- How do you pronounce stopping?
- Stopping is pronounced /ˈstɒpɪŋ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of stopping?
- The plural of stopping is stoppings.
Words near stopping in the dictionary
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