stops

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UK/stɒps/US/stɑps/

A form of stop — To cease moving.

CommonScrabble 7

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of stop
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of stop

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna 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 their 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 card

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

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MLA

“stops.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stops. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stops,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stops.

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