Phrase Hound found 218 phrases and 109 compound words that contain stop. The most common are listed below. Open stop in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 218
- bus stopA place where public transport buses stop to allow passengers to board or leave.
- full stopThe punctuation mark ⟨.⟩ (indicating the end of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
- one-stopDescribing a service operation at which all of a customer's needs may be satisfied without visiting another.
- stop signA sign by the side of a road or street, often at an intersection, instructing vehicle drivers to stop.
- stop the carWhen giving directions to a person (for example, a taxi driver), indicates that he or she should stop the vehicle.
- stop-and-goAlternative form of stop-go: Alternately active and inactive; intermittent.
- stop-and-searchOf or pertaining to laws or policing practices, found in some jurisdictions, which permit a law enforcement officer to temporarily detain and search a member of the public based on the officer's suspicions.
- pit stopA stop made during an automobile race at the pit to refuel and perform other periodic maintenance on the vehicle.
- stop the jobTo completely stop all traffic.
- Stop Shop
- Stop Smoking
- one-stop shopA single place, institution, service, website, technology, etc., that provides everything necessary.
- request stopA location at which public transport does not ordinarily stop, but will do so if specifically requested by a passenger.
- non-stopAlternative form of nonstop: Without stopping; without interruption or break.
- go-stopA popular Korean card game played with hwatu cards, similar to the Japanese game of koi-koi.
- short stopAlternative spelling of shortstop: The infield defensive player that stands between the second baseman and the third baseman.
- double stopAn instance of two notes being played simultaneously.
- stop lineA transverse road marking indicating the point at which a vehicle must stop.
- stop the lightsAn interjection expressing exasperation or incredulity. or to illustrate the humour in a situation.
- stop-motionAn animation technique wherein physical objects are slightly altered and photographed one picture at a time to give an illusion of movement when displayed in sequence.
- stop at nothingTo take any measures to do or achieve something, especially if it involves great risk or danger; to do everything in one's power.
- f-stopAny of the discrete steps or stopping points for adjusting the aperture of a lens, either marked on a ring on the lens and adjusted by rotating that ring or marked in the display of a digital camera and adjusted by buttons or …
- stop overTo interrupt one's journey for a short (sometimes overnight) stay.
- stop pressAn event or news article important enough to delay or interrupt the print, or require a reprint, of a publication, particularly of a newspaper edition.
- stop-startIntermittent; starting and stopping with regularity.
Compound words 109
- stoppedsimple past and past participle of stop
- stopwatchA timepiece designed to measure the amount of time elapsed between a particular time when activated and when the piece is deactivated.
- backstopAn object or a person put in the rear or in the back of something to reinforce, hold, support.
- doorstopAny device or object used to halt the motion of a door, as a large or heavy object, a wedge, or some piece of hardware fixed to the floor, door or wall.
- stopgapThat which stops up or fills a gap or hole.
- stopcockA valve, tap or faucet which regulates the flow of liquid or gas through a pipe.
- stoplightA traffic control signal, traditionally consisting of three lights, colored green, yellow/amber, and red, meaning proceed, prepare to stop, and stop, respectively.
- ripstopA thick reinforcement thread woven into fabric to provide resistance against tearing.
- autostopA coupon-based system of hitchhiking that operated in communist Poland from the 1950s until the 1990s.
- firestopA fire block.