stopping
noun
[ ˈstɒpɪŋ ]
• a filling for a tooth.
stop
verb
• (of an event, action, or process) come to an end; cease to happen.
• "his laughter stopped as quickly as it had begun"
Similar:
come to an end,
come to a stop,
cease,
end,
finish,
draw to a close,
be over,
conclude,
terminate,
come to a standstill,
pause,
break off,
peter out,
fade away,
• cause (an action, process, or event) to come to an end.
• "this harassment has got to be stopped"
Similar:
put an end to,
put a stop to,
bring to an end,
end,
bring to a stop,
halt,
bring to a halt,
finish,
bring to a close,
terminate,
bring to a standstill,
wind up,
discontinue,
cut short,
interrupt,
nip in the bud,
immobilize,
paralyse,
deactivate,
shut down,
• block or close up (a hole or leak).
• "he tried to stop the hole with the heel of his boot"
Similar:
block (up),
plug,
close (up),
fill (up),
seal,
caulk,
bung up,
clog (up),
jam (up),
choke (up),
occlude,
• be or behave in a particular way.
• "‘Why was she so?’ ‘I don't know, you know how dem old people stop.’"
Origin:
Old English (for)stoppian ‘block up (an aperture)’, of West Germanic origin; related to German stopfen, from late Latin stuppare ‘to stuff’.
