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    [Verb]  | "stop" | \ ˈstäp \


    1: to close by filling or obstructing

    2: to hinder or prevent the passage of

    3: to get in the way of : be wounded or killed by

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English stoppen, from Old English -stoppian, from Vulgar Latin *stuppare to stop with tow, from Latin stuppa tow, from Greek styppē;

    [Verb]  | "dou*ble-stop" | \ ˌdə-bəl-ˈstäp \


    1: to produce two or more tones simultaneously on (an instrument, such as a violin)

    Origin: circa 1889 ;

    [Noun]  | "stop" 


    1: cessation, end

    2: a pause or breaking off in speech

    3: a graduated set of organ pipes of similar design and tone quality

    Origin: 15th century ;

    [Noun]  | "click stop" 


    1: a turnable control device (as for a camera diaphragm opening) that engages with a definite click at specific settings

    Origin: 1949 ;

    [Noun]  | "fire-stop" | \ ˈfī(-ə)r-ˌstäp \


    1: material used to close open parts especially of a building for preventing the spread of fire

    Origin: 1897 ;

    [Noun]  | "flag stop" 


    1: a point at which a vehicle in public transportation stops only on prearrangement or signal

    Origin: 1941 ;

    [Noun]  | "flue stop" 


    1: an organ stop made up of flue pipes

    Origin: 1855 ;

    [Noun]  | "f-stop" | \ ˈef-ˌstäp \


    1: a camera lens aperture setting indicated by an f-number

    Origin: 1946 ;

    [Idiom]  | "pull out all the stops" 


    1: to do everything possible in order to do or achieve something

    [Idiom]  | "the buck stops here" 


    1: —used to say that one accepts a responsibility and will not try to give it to someone else

    [Verb]  | "stops" 


    1: to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end;


      * e.g., " ... the manufacturer will stop selling the toy and will immediately recall all the units that have already been sold "




    2: to bring (something) to a standstill;


      * e.g., " ... traffic was stopped for over an hour by the overturned truck "




    3: to close up so that no empty spaces remain;


      * e.g., " ... I stopped the mouse hole with plaster "



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    [Verb]  | "stop" 


    1: to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end;


      * e.g., " ... the manufacturer will stop selling the toy and will immediately recall all the units that have already been sold "




    2: to bring (something) to a standstill;


      * e.g., " ... traffic was stopped for over an hour by the overturned truck "




    3: to close up so that no empty spaces remain;


      * e.g., " ... I stopped the mouse hole with plaster "



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    [Verb]  | "stop (by or in)" 


    1: to make a brief visit;


      * e.g., " ... stop by on your way to the game so we can go there together "



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    [Verb]  | "stop (up)" 


    1: to prevent passage through by filling with something;


      * e.g., " ... clear the leaves out of the rain gutters so they don't stop up the downspouts again "




    [Verb]  | "stops (over)" 


    [Verb]  | "stops (by)" 


    1: as in runs in, steps in;



    [Noun]  | "stops" 


    1: a brief halt in a journey;


      * e.g., " ... our guide called for a stop at the trail hut so we could eat and rest a bit "




    2: a regular stopping place;


      * e.g., " ... had lunch on a picnic table at a shady rest stop along the highway "



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    3: something that makes movement or progress difficult;


      * e.g., " ... pulled out all the stops and presented the most spectacular show ever "



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    [Noun]  | "stop" 


    1: a brief halt in a journey;


      * e.g., " ... our guide called for a stop at the trail hut so we could eat and rest a bit "




    2: a regular stopping place;


      * e.g., " ... had lunch on a picnic table at a shady rest stop along the highway "



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    3: something that makes movement or progress difficult;


      * e.g., " ... pulled out all the stops and presented the most spectacular show ever "



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    [Noun]  | "whistle-stops" 


    1: a small residential settlement;


      * e.g., " ... for that all-important primary election, candidates are willing to go to every whistle-stop in the state "



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    [Noun]  | "whistle-stop" 


    1: a small residential settlement;


      * e.g., " ... for that all-important primary election, candidates are willing to go to every whistle-stop in the state "



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     [ "Stop, stop, STOP!" ]

    1: When wanting someone to stop right at that moment, having to say it many, many times in order to get them to stop, this is also a well known meme.

      * e.g.,  ... "I'm gonna smash your new TV!" "Stop, stop, STOP!" 

     [ "Stop stopping" ]

    1: The phrase you can tell someone to stop repeatedly stopping something.

      * e.g.,  ... STOP STOPPING THE MUSIC! 

     [ "no stop" ]

    1: It means no stop ya big doof

      * e.g.,  ... “No stop Jeremy this is your seventh raw egg, you shall not have more.” 

     [ "Stop." ]

    1: There are enough words here already. There is no need to make more. Nobody cares about your definition.

      * e.g.,  ... I need to stop. If I don't I'm a hypocrite. 

     [ "Stop it" ]

    1: a phrase used to alert someone to keep the compliments coming.

      * e.g.,  ... Jason: "Wow, you look incredible." 

     [ "The STOP" ]

    1: The STOP - States The Obvious Person

      * e.g.,  ... John, "Why couldn't Robin Williams just hang in there??" 

     [ "The STOP" ]

    2: When someone chimes in on a forum post or facebook discussion, stating the obvious and direct connection to the joke or discussion, usually to show they are smart, making everyone want to murder that person for being so smug and oblivious that everyone got it. In comedy this would also be known as 'hacky'.

      * e.g.,  ... The Stop, "Robin Williams committed suicide by hanging himself" 

     [ "Stop" ]

    1: Stop

      * e.g.,  ... CAN YOU STOP!!!! JESUS JESSICA! 

     [ "Stop it" ]

    1: A phrase used when someone is doing something so good it's hard to believe.

      * e.g.,  ... Joe: Swishes his 5th three-point shot in a row 

     [ "stop" ]

    1: To cease a motion.

      * e.g.,  ... You stop moving motherfucker you dropped your wallet. 

     [ "stop" ]

    1: To halt or end (temporarily or permanently).

      * e.g.,  ... Stop your car!!! 

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