any one of several card games in which players must play their cards in certain sequences
Examples of 'stops' in a sentence
stops
The younger stops still at home, learning from his father the paper of the business.
Heller, Keith MAN'S LOVING FAMILY
Without it, I would surely, on one of my rest stops, have drifted off into slumber.
Kallen, Lucille C B GREENFIELD - A LITTLE MADNESS
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All related terms of 'stops'
stop
If you have been doing something and then you stop doing it, you no longer do it.
stop thrust
to cease from doing or being (something); discontinue
diaphragm
Your diaphragm is a muscle between your lungs and your stomach . It is used when you breathe .
diaphragmal
any separating membrane , esp the dome-shaped muscular partition that separates the abdominal and thoracic cavities in mammals
f-stop
any of the settings for the f-number of a camera
stop by
If you stop by somewhere , you make a short visit to a person or place.
stop off
If you stop off somewhere, you stop for a short time in the middle of a journey.
stop up
If you stop something up , you cover or fill a hole or gap in it.
T-stop
a setting of the lens aperture on a camera calibrated photometrically and assigned a T-number
bus stop
A bus stop is a place on a road where buses stop to let passengers on and off.
echo stop
the reflection of sound or other radiation by a reflecting medium , esp a solid object
flag stop
a bus stop at which a bus only stops if there is someone waiting or if someone wants to get off the bus
flue stop
an organ stop controlling a set of flue pipes
full stop
A full stop is the punctuation mark . which you use at the end of a sentence when it is not a question or exclamation.
long stop
a fielder who stands behind the wicket keeper , and catches balls the wicket keeper misses
pit stop
In motor racing, if a driver makes a pit stop , he or she stops in a special place at the side of the track to get more fuel and to make repairs.
reed stop
an organ stop controlling a rank of reed pipes
rest stop
On a long journey by road , a rest stop is a short period when you stop and leave your vehicle , for example to eat or go to the toilet .
solo stop
any of various organ stops designed to imitate a solo performance on a particular musical instrument
stop down
to reduce the size of the aperture of (a camera lens )
stop out
to cover (part of the area) of a piece of cloth, printing plate, etc, to prevent it from being dyed, etched , etc
gamba stop
an organ stop with a tone resembling that of stringed instruments
organ stop
a set of organ pipes allowed to sound as a group by stopping all others
truck stop
A truck stop is a place where drivers , especially truck or lorry drivers, can stop, for example to rest or to get something to eat .
the buck stops here
said to mean that a problem is your responsibility, and that you are not expecting anyone else to deal with it
cattle-stop
a grid of metal bars covering a hollow or hole dug in a roadway , intended to prevent the passage of livestock while allowing vehicles, etc, to pass unhindered
chapter stop
any of several markers placed at intervals on a DVD film, enabling the viewer to find and select particular scenes
comfort stop
a short break on a journey to allow travellers to go to the toilet
double-stop
to play (two notes or parts) simultaneously on a violin or related instrument by drawing the bow over two strings
double-stopped
to play (two notes or parts) simultaneously on a violin or related instrument by drawing the bow over two strings
glottal stop
a plosive speech sound produced as the sudden onset of a vowel in several languages, such as German, by first tightly closing the glottis and then allowing the air pressure to build up in the trachea before opening the glottis, causing the air to escape with force
request stop
a point on a route at which a bus will stop only if signalled to do so
suction stop
a short light often metallic sound
transit stop
a stop made by a vehicle such as an aircraft, train or bus on the way to its final destination
whistle stop
If someone, especially a politician , goes on a whistle-stop tour , they visit a lot of different places in a short time.
whistle-stopped
to campaign for office by visiting many small towns to give short speeches
whistle-stopping
to campaign for office by visiting many small towns to give short speeches
pull out all the stops
to do everything you possibly can to make something happen in the way that you want it to
emergency stop
a sudden application of the brakes in a car, such as the driver would need to carry out in an emergency
mutation stop
an organ pipe sounding the harmonic of the note normally produced
refuelling stop
a stop made so that fresh fuel can be supplied (to an aircraft, vehicle, etc)
to pull out all the stops
If you pull out all the stops , you do everything you can to make something happen or succeed .
four-way stop
an intersection of two roads with four stop signs, one facing in each direction
the buck stops here/with me
If you say ' The buck stops here ' or ' The buck stops with me', you mean that you have to take responsibility for something and will not try to pass the responsibility on to someone else.
echo
An echo is a sound which is caused by a noise being reflected off a surface such as a wall .
echoes
the reflection of sound or other radiation by a reflecting medium , esp a solid object
echo organ
the reflection of sound or other radiation by a reflecting medium , esp a solid object
period
A period is a length of time.
stopover
A stopover is a short stay in a place in between parts of a journey.