a traffic sign requiring a motorist to stop before continuing
Word origin
[1930–35]This word is first recorded in the period 1930–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: boondoggle, logical positivism, technical foul, uncertainty principle, video
Examples of 'stop sign' in a sentence
stop sign
Coast up to traffic lights and stop signs.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Then a pickup truck blew through a stop sign, totaling our vehicle.
Smithsonian (2011)
Somebody has to put up a stop sign.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
He went through a stop sign, he admits, and, like, really hopes we're okay.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The intersection where the collision occurred was stop-sign controlled.
canada.com (2012)
A stop sign is fairly safe but not all mailboxes look the same.
Globe and Mail (2003)
He arrests the star for going through a stop sign.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The scheme was hailed a success - no motorist ignored the stop sign.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The occasional stop sign is no bad thing.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
But he claimed the couple caused the accident by ignoring a stop sign.
The Sun (2007)
In one experiment, stickers attached to a stop sign caused sensors to identify it as a speed limit sign.