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• present participle of stop.

stopping

American  

[stop-ing] / ˈstɒp ɪŋ /

noun

Mining.

• stoppings
  plural

1. a barrier erected to prevent the flow of air or gas.

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stopping British  

/ ˈstɒpɪŋ /

noun

1. informal a dental filling

2. a solid barrier in a mine tunnel to seal off harmful gases, fire, fresh air from used air, etc

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adjective

1. making many stops in a journey

   a stopping train

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• stoppings
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of stopping

1700–05; special use of stopping, verbal noun of stop; see -ing ¹

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Example Sentences

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stopping stoppings

Back in the spring, before “La Bola Negra” premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, Guitarrica embarked on his first U.S. tour, stopping in Los Angeles at the Roxy in March.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Researchers believe the treatment could eventually offer a new way to combat obesity and potentially help people maintain weight loss after stopping popular weight loss medications.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

Celebrities are sometimes spotted at the market, and this month New York resident and filmmaker Spike Lee was stopping for pictures with fellow shoppers.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

In his 2010 autobiography, My Life on Mars, he recalled a builder stopping him in The Open University car park to shake his hand.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The train stopping for Cleopatra’s Needle at 96th Street.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman

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

Gerard says: "The decoction openeth the stoppings of the liver, and spleen: and is singular good against the jaundice which is of long continuance."

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie

When she speaks she is really charming, and I do love her gold stoppings.

From A Young Girl's Diary by Eden Paul

He roused the men, and the stoppings were at once removed from the loopholes.

From The Lion of the North A tale of the times of Gustavus Adolphus by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

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