stopping
The act of something that stops; a halt.
Example
“constant startings and stoppings”
Other meanings
A partition or door to direct or prevent a current of air.
A pad or poultice of dung or other material applied to a horse's hoof to keep it moist.
Related words
- heartstopping
- manstopping
- prestopping
- puckstopping
- showstopping
- non-stopping
- nonstopping
- stopping distance
- stoppingly
- stopping power
- stopping service
- stopping train
Example sentences
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “stopping” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.