stops
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Is stops a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that cardSynonyms: Chicago, Michigan, Newmarket, boodle, stops
2. the event of something endingExamples: "it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill"Synonyms: halt, stop
3. the act of stopping somethingExamples: "the third baseman made some remarkable stops"; "his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood"Synonyms: stop, stoppage
4. a brief stay in the course of a journeyExamples: "they made a stopover to visit their friends"Synonyms: layover, stop, stopover
5. the state of inactivity following an interruptionExamples: "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"Synonyms: arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage
6. a spot where something halts or pausesExamples: "his next stop is Atlanta"Synonyms: stop
verb (English)
1. come to a halt, stop movingExamples: "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"Synonyms: halt, stopAntonyms: start
2. put an end to a state or an activityExamples: "Quit teasing your little brother"Synonyms: cease, discontinue, give up, lay off, quit, stopAntonyms: continue
3. stop from happening or developingExamples: "Block his election"; "Halt the process"Synonyms: block, halt, kibosh, stop
4. interrupt a tripExamples: "we stopped at Aunt Mary's house"; "they stopped for three days in Florence"Synonyms: stop, stop over
5. cause to stopExamples: "stop a car"; "stop the thief"Synonyms: stopAntonyms: start
6. prevent completionExamples: "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations"Synonyms: break, break off, discontinue, stop
Definition source: Wiktionary