- present participle of stop.
stopping
Americannoun
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stoppings
plural
noun
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informal a dental filling
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a solid barrier in a mine tunnel to seal off harmful gases, fire, fresh air from used air, etc
adjective
Other Word Forms
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Etymology
Origin of stopping
1700–05; special use of stopping, verbal noun of stop; see -ing 1
Example Sentences
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Stopping one connected structure is also simpler than stopping three separate quarks, making such an interaction more likely, according to Tribedy.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
Solicitor General D. John Sauer told the court the project is already 65% complete and argued that stopping construction would interfere with security improvements at the White House.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
Earlier this year, he and his wife Sylvia travelled to Morocco for the first time, stopping through cities like Marrakech, Fez and Essaouira.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Not if you’re a newbie trying to join an intergalactic police force devoted to stopping interplanetary outrages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
It wasn’t long before a flock of geese flew past the island without stopping.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
There were so many things going on with the police stoppings and stuff at the time, and it just really hit me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2020
Smith also likes to push his clarinet above top C or to engage in a series of strangely manipulated double and triple stoppings.
From Time Magazine Archive
Shirley generally brought her sketch-book and there were pleasant stoppings here and there.
From The S. W. F. Club by Caroline E. (Caroline Elliott Hoogs) Jacobs
We are compelled to make a memorandum of our stoppings.
From Motor Boat Boys Mississippi Cruise or, The Dash for Dixie by Louis Arundel
And so, unprofitably, the journey was beguiled, not without frequent stoppings and refreshings, each of which had the effect of exhilarating Whipcord’s spirits and making Masham’s tongue looser and looser.
From My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life by Talbot Baines Reed
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