Long-stop (n.) One who is set to stop balls which pass the wicket keeper. |
Plug (n.) Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole |
Plug (n.) A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco. |
Plug (n.) A high, tapering silk hat. |
Plug (n.) A worthless horse. |
Plug (n.) A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a hold for nails. |
Plugged (imp. & p. p.) of Plug |
Plugging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plug |
Plug (v. t.) To stop with a plug |
Plugging (n.) The act of stopping with a plug. |
Plugging (n.) The material of which a plug or stopple is made. |
Stopped (imp. & p. p.) of Stop |
Stopping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stop |
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 |
Stopped (a.) Made by complete closure of the mouth organs |
Stopper (n.) One who stops, closes, shuts, or hinders |
Stopper (n.) A short piece of rope having a knot at one or both ends, with a lanyard under the knot, -- used to secure something. |
Stopper (n.) A name to several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies |
Stoppered (imp. & p. p.) of Stopper |
Stoppering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stopper |
Stopper (v. t.) To close or secure with a stopper. |
Stopping (n.) Material for filling a cavity. |
Stopping (n.) A partition or door to direct or prevent a current of air. |
Stopping (n.) A pad or poultice of dung or other material applied to a horse's hoof to keep it moist. |
Stopping-out (n.) A method adopted in etching, to keep the acid from those parts which are already sufficiently corroded, by applying varnish or other covering matter with a brush, but allowing the acid to act on the other parts. |
Stopple (v. t.) That which stops or closes the mouth of a vessel |
Stoppled (imp. & p. p.) of Stopple |
Stoppling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stopple |
Stopple (v. t.) To close the mouth of anything with a stopple, or as with a stopple. |
stopping | the kind of playing that involves pressing the fingers on the strings of a stringed instrument to control the pitch, the violinist's stopping was excellent |
double stopping | stopping two strings and producing two notes at the same time |
Michigan Chicago Newmarket boodle stops | a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck), a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops, the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card |
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 |
hack jade nag plug | an old or over-worked horse |
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 |
bowler hat bowler derby hat derby plug hat | a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim |
catch stop | a restraint that checks the motion of something, he used a book as a stop to hold the door open |
circuit board circuit card board card plug-in add-in | a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities |
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 |
fillet stopping | fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members |
fireplug fire hydrant plug | an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire |
flue stop | an organ stop with the tone of a flue pipe |
organ stop | a graduated set of organ pipes of like tone quality |
plug stopper stopple | blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly |
plug male plug | an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection |
plug fuse | a fuse with a thread that screws into a socket |
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 |
spark plug sparking plug plug | electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internalombustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark |
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 |
stopper | (bridge) a playing card with a value sufficiently high to insure taking a trick in a particular suit, if my partner has a spade stopper I can bid no trump |
stopper knot | a knot that prevents a rope from passing through a hole |
stopwatch stop watch | a timepiece that can be started or stopped for exact timing (as of a race) |
telephone plug phone plug | a plug for connecting a telephone |
truck stop | a roadside service station (and restaurant) that caters to truck drivers |
wall socket wall plug electric outlet electrical outlet outlet electric receptacle | receptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devices |
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 |
show-stopper showstopper | something that is strikingly attractive or has great popular appeal, she has a show-stopper of a smile, the brilliant orange flowers against the green foliage were a showstopper |
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 |
conversation stopper stopper | a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply |
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 |
show-stopper showstopper stopper | an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down |
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) |
ballyhoo hoopla hype plug | blatant or sensational promotion |
stop halt | the event of something ending, it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill |
chew chaw cud quid plug wad | a wad of something chewable as tobacco |
bus stop | a place on a bus route where buses stop to discharge and take on passengers |