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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

Carbert, who said he was feeling "fairly fit and well", has no intention of stopping and hopes to reach his target of 500 Parkruns, when he'll be nearly 90.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Another technique is to hang rubber tires from the deck to protect the engine and rudder, a crude way of stopping a drone from crashing into a ship and disabling it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

By disrupting the membrane's stability, it causes the infected cell to die, stopping the viral infection from spreading.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

Since stopping payment, they’ve had liens placed on several accounts, including a PayPal and Groupon account, which cut them off from additional revenue.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

The neighbor turns back into her house and I’m nearly to the gate before stopping in my tracks.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

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

In one of these stoppings, Lord Courtown backed a little from the suite to talk with us, and he said he saw what benefit I reaped from the waters!

From The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 2 by Fanny Burney

When were the men who had gone below going to knock out the stoppings of the holes and take to the boat with himself and their commander?

From In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India by Herbert Strang

It was so far to come, she said; no doubt it was, if these stoppings and doublings were counted in.

From The Life of the Fields by Richard Jefferies

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