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stopping traffic

stopping traffic is the present participle and gerund 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 stopping traffic

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

Words near stopping traffic in the dictionary

  1. stopping the bleeding
  2. stopping the job
  3. stopping the presses
  4. stopping time
  5. stopping times
  6. stopping traffic
  7. stopping train
  8. stopping trains
  9. stopping two gaps with one bush
  10. stopping up
  11. stopping-out

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