nonstop
/ˌnɑnˈstɑp/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Without stopping; without interruption or break.
adj
Describing a point mutation within a stop codon that causes the continued translation of an mRNA strand.
adv
Without stopping; without interruption or break
noun
A nonstop journey, especially a nonstop flight.
noun
A linguistic sound that is not a stop; a continuant.
Example Sentences
- "There's a nonstop flight to Mauritius, but I'm not sitting on the same plane for thirteen hours."
- "Christmas in Strasbourg and the rest of Alsace is officially feted from the last Saturday in November through Dec. 31 in a month full of nonstop markets, concerts, torch-lighted forest walks, parades, live Nativity scenes, storytelling, theater and public aperitifs."
- "Many earnest consumers on the Right feel so legitimately embattled by the nonstop streaming feed of hate speech and psyoppery directed at them that they think they have no choice but to reconfigure their artistic sensibilities accordingly."
- "He worked nonstop for fourteen hours yesterday, just so he could get today off."
- "With business-class seats on nonstops from British Airways and Cathay Pacific often priced up to $8,000 round trip, Mr. Exton typically flew cheaper alternatives that saved money but required layovers and plane switches."
- "[In Hungary:] Most department stores and gift shops are open weekdays 10–5 or 6, Saturday until 1. Grocery stores are generally open weekdays from 7 or 8 am to 7 pm; “nonstops,” or éjjeli-nappali,^([sic]) are open 24 hours."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌnɑnˈstɑp/
- British English: /ˌnɒnˈstɒp/