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stopping out

stopping out is the present participle and gerund of stop out.

Meaning of stop out

Verb

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

  1. (etching) To use an acid-resistant liquid (stopout) to cover the parts of a surface that should not be bitten.
  2. (dated) To stay out all night without returning home.

Questions about stopping out

What is stopping out the present participle and gerund of?
Stopping out is the present participle and gerund of stop out.

Words near stopping out in the dictionary

  1. stopping in
  2. stopping into
  3. stopping it
  4. stopping lead
  5. stopping off
  6. stopping out
  7. stopping over
  8. stopping power
  9. stopping press
  10. stopping service
  11. stopping services

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stopping out (page history and authors); stop out (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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