non-stop

Meanings

adjectivenon-stop (not comparable)

alternativenot comparableAlternative form of nonstop.
In addition to the non-stop Heathrow Express service, there is a Transport for London stopping service to London Paddington: this is the Heathrow Connect service taken over by TfL in May 2018.
2019 October, John Glover, “Heathrow rail expansion”, in Modern Railways, page 70

adverbnon-stop (not comparable)

alternativenot comparableAlternative form of nonstop.
The through Moorgate service has been most handsomely speeded up, and suburban trains in both directions now run non-stop between Kings Cross (Underground) and Elstree.
1960 February, “The dieselised St. Pancras suburban service”, in Trains Illustrated, page 95

nounnon-stop (plural non-stops)

alternativeAlternative form of nonstop.
The Victoria-Brighton non-stops, the Victoria-Eastbourne and Hastings, Victoria-Worthing and Littlehampton, Victoria-Bognor and Portsmouth and Victoria-Oxted line services were, with a very few exceptions, all re-routed to and from London Bridge.
1960 March, “Talking of Trains: Victoria shut-down”, in Trains Illustrated, page 136

Also see

From non- + stop.

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