Meanings
present singular third person estops · participle present estopping · participle past estopped · past estopped
- lawTo impede or bar by estoppel.
[…] we twitted them, while we were together in the sun of the Continent, about English heating habits. Having done that, we are now estopped from bringing the matter up.
1957 November 23, William F. Buckley Jr., National Review1 more example
2020: "Nancy Pelosi Should Take All the Time She Needs to Submit Articles of Impeachment" by Philip Bobbitt, Slate.com Finally, new evidence—emails surrounding the decision to withhold appropriated military assistance from Ukraine—has come out since the vote. Is anyone suggesting that the House managers be estopped from presenting this evidence?
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Late Latinstuppō
- Old Frenchestoper
- Middle Englishestoppen“to prevent (conception)”
- Englishestop
Inherited from Middle English estoppen (“to prevent (conception)”), from Anglo-Norman and Old French estoper, from a Late Latin stuppō.
More words from Middle English, Old French, Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with estop
All rhymes →Anagrams
Cite this entry
estop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/estop
“estop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/estop. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “estop,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/estop.
Source: estop on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.