stopping
noun
a barrier erected to prevent the flow of air or gas.
stoppings
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pluralof stopping.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
Then they sent her to the Redchester dentist, a hitherto sufficient man, who tortured her with tentative stoppings and turned what had been dull and smooth into excitement and jerks.
From The Pastor's Wife by Elizabeth von Arnim
For nearly twenty hours—since nine o'clock last night—my thoughts have been such a series of jerks, stoppings, leapings forward and dead stops again as only once before in my life I have known.
From The Debit Account by Oliver [pseud.] Onions
The time was flying rapidly in leaps and bounds, and it seemed as though the bells, whistles, and stoppings would never end.
From The Party by Constance Garnett
