Long-stop (n.) One who is set to stop balls which pass the wicket keeper. |
Stop (v. t.) To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing |
Stop (v. t.) To obstruct |
Stop (v. t.) To arrest the progress of |
Stop (v. t.) To hinder from acting or moving |
Stop (v. t.) To regulate the sounds of, as musical strings, by pressing them against the finger board with the finger, or by shortening in any way the vibrating part. |
Stop (v. t.) To point, as a composition |
Stop (v. t.) To make fast |
Stop (v. i.) To cease to go on |
Stop (v. i.) To cease from any motion, or course of action. |
Stop (v. i.) To spend a short time |
Stop (n.) The act of stopping, or the state of being stopped |
Stop (n.) That which stops, impedes, or obstructs |
Stop (n.) A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the position to which another part shall be brought. |
Stop (n.) The closing of an aperture in the air passage, or pressure of the finger upon the string, of an instrument of music, so as to modify the tone |
Stop (n.) In the organ, one of the knobs or handles at each side of the organist, by which he can draw on or shut off any register or row of pipes |
Stop (n.) A member, plain or molded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts. This takes the place, or answers the purpose, of a rebate. Also, a pin or block to prevent a drawer from sliding too far. |
Stop (n.) A point or mark in writing or printing intended to distinguish the sentences, parts of a sentence, or clauses |
Stop (n.) The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses. |
Stop (n.) The depression in the face of a dog between the skull and the nasal bones. It is conspicuous in the bulldog, pug, and some other breeds. |
Stop (n.) Some part of the articulating organs, as the lips, or the tongue and palate, closed (a) so as to cut off the passage of breath or voice through the mouth and the nose (distinguished as a lip-stop, or a front-stop, etc., as in p, t, d, etc.), or (b) so as to obstruct, but not entirely cut off, the passage, as in l, n, etc. |
Stop-gap (n.) That which closes or fills up an opening or gap |
Stop-over (a.) Permitting one to stop over |
Truck (v. i.) A small wheel, as of a vehicle |
Truck (v. i.) A low, wheeled vehicle or barrow for carrying goods, stone, and other heavy articles. |
Truck (v. i.) A swiveling carriage, consisting of a frame with one or more pairs of wheels and the necessary boxes, springs, etc., to carry and guide one end of a locomotive or a car |
Truck (v. i.) A small wooden cap at the summit of a flagstaff or a masthead, having holes in it for reeving halyards through. |
Truck (v. i.) A small piece of wood, usually cylindrical or disk-shaped, used for various purposes. |
Truck (v. i.) A freight car. |
Truck (v. i.) A frame on low wheels or rollers |
Truck (v. t.) To transport on a truck or trucks. |
Truck (v. t.) To exchange |
Truck (v. i.) To exchange commodities |
Truck (n.) Exchange of commodities |
Truck (n.) Commodities appropriate for barter, or for small trade |
Truck (n.) The practice of paying wages in goods instead of money |
whistle-stop tour | a tour by a candidate as part of a political campaign in which a series of small towns are visited, in Truman crossed the country several times on his whistle-stop tours |
stop stopover layover | a brief stay in the course of a journey, they made a stopover to visit their friends |
night-stop | a break in a journey for the night |
pit stop | a brief stop at a pit during an automobile race to take on fuel or service the car |
pit stop | a stop during an automobile trip for rest and refreshment |
stop stoppage | the act of stopping something, the third baseman made some remarkable stops, his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood |
truck farming | growing vegetables for the market |
blockage block closure occlusion stop stoppage | an obstruction in a pipe or tube, we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe |
catch stop | a restraint that checks the motion of something, he used a book as a stop to hold the door open |
delivery truck delivery van panel truck | a van suitable for delivering goods or services to customers |
diapason diapason stop | either of the two main stops on a pipe organ |
diaphragm stop | a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens, the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically |
dump truck dumper tipper truck tipper lorry tip truck tipper | truck whose contents can be emptied without handling, the front end of the platform can be pneumatically raised so that the load is discharged by gravity |
fire engine fire truck | any of various large trucks that carry firemen and equipment to the site of a fire |
flue stop | an organ stop with the tone of a flue pipe |
garbage truck dustcart | a truck for collecting domestic refuse, in Britain a garbage truck is called a dustcart |
hand truck truck | a handcart that has a frame with two low wheels and a ledge at the bottom and handles at the top, used to move crates or other heavy objects |
ladder truck aerial ladder truck | a fire engine carrying ladders |
laundry truck | van that picks up and delivers laundry, a laundry truck stops by every week |
organ stop | a graduated set of organ pipes of like tone quality |
pickup pickup truck | a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard |
pull-off rest area rest stop layby lay-by | designated paved area beside a main road where cars can stop temporarily |
reed stop | an organ stop with the tone of a reed instrument |
sound truck | a truck equipped with a loudspeaker and used for advertising |
stop | (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes, the organist pulled out all the stops |
stop bath short-stop short-stop bath | an acid bath used to stop the action of a developer |
stopwatch stop watch | a timepiece that can be started or stopped for exact timing (as of a race) |
tow truck tow car wrecker | a truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones) |
trailer truck tractor trailer trucking rig rig articulated lorry semi | a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together |
truck motortruck | an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling |
truck bed | the floor or bottom of a wagon or truck or trailer |
truck farm truck garden | a farm where vegetables are grown for market |
truck stop | a roadside service station (and restaurant) that caters to truck drivers |
whistle stop flag stop way station | a small railway station between the principal stations or a station where the train stops only on a signal |
stop order stop-loss order | an order to a broker to sell (buy) when the price of a security falls (rises) to a designated level |
stop payment | a depositor's order to a bank to refuse payment on a check |
stop press | late news that is inserted into the newspaper at the last minute |
period point full stop stop full point | a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations, in England they call a period a stop |
stop consonant stop occlusive plosive consonant plosive speech sound plosive | a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it, his stop consonants are too aspirated |
labial stop | a stop consonant that is produced with the lips |
glottal stop glottal plosive glottal catch | a stop consonant articulated by releasing pressure at the glottis, as in the sudden onset of a vowel |
suction stop click | a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu) |
stop halt | the event of something ending, it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill |
produce green goods green groceries garden truck | fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market |
truck dealer | a firm that sells and buys trucks |
truck traffic | trucks coming and going |
bus stop | a place on a bus route where buses stop to discharge and take on passengers |
stop | a spot where something halts or pauses, his next stop is Atlanta |
teamster trucker truck driver | someone who drives a truck as an occupation |
focal ratio f number stop number speed | the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system |