plural of stop

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stop

present participle of stop by

simple past tense and past participle of stop by

plural of stopping

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stop by

(colloquial) Used to emphasize the end of an important statement or point when speaking to show something is not up for discussion or debate.

(Australia, Britain, India, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa) The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the end of a sentence or marking an abbreviation). / (figuratively) A decisive end to something.

Any of many knobs near the keyboard of an organ used to select different sounds or timbres. / The timbre so produced.

To come to a sudden and unexpected stop, particularly while speaking or driving a vehicle. / Usually with of, to voluntarily cease an attempt to reach a certain point.