Definitions
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
01“Cease moving”4 letters
02“Halt”4 letters
03“Red octagon command”4 letters
04“Red sign command”4 letters
05“Traffic sign command”4 letters
06“Come to a halt”4 letters
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