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[ stop-ing ] / ˈstɒp ɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR stopping ON THESAURUS.COM
noun Mining.a barrier erected to prevent the flow of air or gas. Origin of stopping1700–05; special use of stopping, verbal noun of stop; see -ing1 Words nearby stoppingStoppard, Tom, stop payment, stopped, stopped diapason, stopper, stopping, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, stopping power, stopple, stop press, stop price Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for stoppingI always wanted to have a career like his—except for the stopping work thing. Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST So there were deep reasons, both personal and artistic, for stopping my story at that point. How Richard Pryor Beat Bill Cosby and Transformed America|David Yaffe, Scott Saul|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST Cook walked more slowly than most, stopping to engage with passersby who expressed their own frustration and support. ‘They Let Him Off?’ Scenes from NYC in Disbelief|Jacob Siegel|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST His bloodthirsty fighters might be Baghdad's best hope of stopping the Islamic State. The Daily Beast’s Best Longreads, Nov 3-9, 2014|William Boot|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After the sale, a report stated that XXL, like VIBE, would be stopping its print edition, but that turned out to be false. It Was All a Dream: Drama, Bullshit, and the Rebirth of The Source Magazine|Alex Suskind|October 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST But he refrained, stopping suddenly, because he recollected that he could no longer utter what he wished to say. The Golden Butterfly|Walter Besant They hired a small gasoline launch, that was continually getting out of order, and stopping out in the middle of the lake. The Eight-Oared Victors|Lester Chadwick Immediately, the call for hauling over hammock cloths and stopping them down was sounded. Navy Boys Behind the Big Guns|Halsey Davidson "Yes, I AM the man," says the trooper, stopping two or three stairs down. Bleak House|Charles Dickens She was moving toward the door, and his ungrateful outburst had the effect of stopping her. The Quickening|Francis Lynde
British Dictionary definitions for stopping
nounBritish informal a dental filling a solid barrier in a mine tunnel to seal off harmful gases, fire, fresh air from used air, etc adjectivemainly British making many stops in a journeya stopping train Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to stoppingpause, finish, end, halt, delay, discontinuance, hesitation, ending, halting, deterring, holding, suspension, closing, wait, check, block, remaining, ceasing, terminating, desisting |