Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stop traffic

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.77 in modern English

Syllables: stop -traf-fic
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To attract astonished admiration, especially by being stunningly physically attractive.

Informal

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stop, traffic.

Example Sentences

"She was brilliant and gorgeous, apparently happy and fulfilled, a 28-year-old astrophysicist with a body that stopped traffic and a sweet temperament."
""Girl, you have a body that can stop traffic! I knew that my baby look ^([sic]) good, but WOW!""
"The designer clothes, the waves and waves of blonde hair, a face that could stop traffic."
"RCMP say a large demonstration continues to block off Highway 4 in southern Alberta on Sunday morning near the village of Coutts, Alta., largely stopping traffic to and from the Canada-United States border crossing."

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

stops traffic (present, singular) stopping traffic (participle, present) stopped traffic (participle, past) stopped traffic (past)

Phrases

traffic stopper

Frequently Paired Words

traffic stopper

Questions

What does stop traffic mean?: To attract astonished admiration, especially by being stunningly physically attractive.

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