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stops out

stops out is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 stops out

What is stops out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Stops out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of stop out.

Words near stops out in the dictionary

  1. stops in
  2. stops into
  3. stops it
  4. stops lead
  5. stops off
  6. stops out
  7. stops over
  8. stops press
  9. stops short
  10. stops someone in their tracks
  11. stops someone's clock

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stops 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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