Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stopping

/ˈstɔpɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.29 in modern English

Syllables: stop-ping
IPA: /ˈstɔpɪŋ/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of stop

noun

The act of something that stops; a halt.

noun

Material for filling a cavity in a tooth.

Dated

noun

A partition or door to direct or prevent a current of air.

noun

A pad or poultice of dung or other material applied to a horse's hoof to keep it moist.

Example Sentences

"constant startings and stoppings"
"the narrowings, widenings, divertings, or stoppings of the stream of breath"
"an amalgam stopping"
"curious antiquaries, sifting the ruins of time, when London is a grass-grown path and all those hurrying along the pavement this Wednesday morning are but bones with a few wedding rings mixed up in their dust and the gold stoppings of innumerable decayed teeth"
"Then one day a big stopping came out of one of my back teeth."
"1831-1850, William Youatt, On the Structure and the Diseases of the Horse The drawing poultices and stoppings of farriers are often highly injurious, instead of abating inflammation ."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈstɔpɪŋ/
British English: /ˈstɒpɪŋ/

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

stoppings (plural)

Derived Forms

heartstopping manstopping nonstopping prestopping puckstopping showstopping stoppingly

Phrases

hot-stopping non-stopping pre-stopping stopping distance stopping-out stopping power stopping service stopping time

Synonyms

filling hiatus moratorium recess fillet

Rhymes With

shopping dropping popping topping hopping chopping swapping whopping cropping flopping propping mopping

Questions

How do you pronounce stopping?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈstɔpɪŋ/.
What does stopping mean?: present participle and gerund of stop

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