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stopt

stopt is the obsolete spelling of stopped.

Meaning of stopped

Adjective

stopped (comparative more stopped, superlative most stopped)

  1. Not moving, but not properly parked or berthed; said also of the occupants of such a vehicle.
    • We were stopped for more than three hours!
  2. (broadly) In the state resulting from having stopped.
    • A stopped clock is right twice a day.
  3. Having a stop; being closed at one end.
  4. In a well-pruned state.
  5. Made by complete closure of the organs in the mouth; said of certain consonants such as b, d, p, and t.
    • þ was first voiced and then stopped , becoming d1874, Henry Sweet, A History of English Sounds from the Earliest Period

Questions about stopt

What is stopt the obsolete spelling of?
Stopt is the obsolete spelling of stopped.

Words near stopt in the dictionary

  1. stops-and-searches
  2. stopsign
  3. stopsigns
  4. stopstreet
  5. stopstreets
  6. stopt
  7. stopwatch
  8. stopwatched
  9. stopwatches
  10. stopwatching
  11. stopway

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stopt (page history and authors); stopped (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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