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Word entry · 4 letters

stop

Best crossword clue

"Cease moving"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /stɒp/Part of speech verb, nounSorted opstStarts with SEnds with P6 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Cease moving or doing something

Word origin

From Middle English stoppen, stoppien, from Old English stoppian (“to stop, close”), from Proto-West Germanic *stoppōn, from Proto-Germanic *stuppōną (“to stop, close”), *stuppijaną (“to push, pierce, prick”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp-, *(s)tewb- (“to push; stick”), from *(s)tew- (“to bump; impact; butt; push; beat; strike; hit”).

Used in a sentence

  • I stopped at the traffic lights.
  • The riots stopped when police moved in.
  • Soon the rain will stop.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer6 curated clues

01Cease moving4 letters
02Halt4 letters
03Red octagon command4 letters
04Red sign command4 letters
05Traffic sign command4 letters
06Come to a halt4 letters

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