stopping en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈstɑpɪŋ/ (General-American)
- /ˈstɒpɪŋ/ (New-Zealand)
- /ˈstɔpɪŋ/ (Australia, British, Scotland, Southern, Standard)
- /ˈstɒpɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈstɒpɪŋɡ/ (Midlands, Northern-England) without the NG-coalescence
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- [ˈstɔ̟pɪŋ] (New-Zealand)
- stŏpʹĭng
Meanings
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The act of something that stops; a halt.
the narrowings, widenings, divertings, or stoppings of the stream of breath
1854, William Barnes, A Philological Grammar, page 9:constant startings and stoppings
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(dated) Material for filling a cavity in a tooth.
an amalgam stopping
curious antiquaries, sifting the ruins of time, when London is a grass-grown path and all those hurrying along the pavement this Wednesday morning are but bones with a few wedding rings mixed up in their dust and the gold stoppings of innumerable decayed teeth
1925, Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway, Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., page 23:Then one day a big stopping came out of one of my back teeth.
1958, Henno Martin, translated by Edward Fitzgerald, The Sheltering Desert, New York: Thomas Nelson, page 125:
- A partition or door to direct or prevent a current of air.
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A pad or poultice of dung or other material applied to a horse's hoof to keep it moist.
1831-1850, William Youatt, On the Structure and the Diseases of the Horse The drawing poultices and stoppings of farriers are often highly injurious, instead of abating inflammation .
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| stoppings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
manstopping · showstopping · pre-stopping · heartstopping · stopping time · stopping distance · stoppingly · hot-stopping · stopping power · nonstopping · stopping-out · prestopping · stopping service · th-stopping · stopping train · puckstopping · non-stopping
Synonyms
recess · moratorium · filling · hiatus (act of something that stops)