[
UK
/stˈɒpɪŋ/
]
[ US /ˈstɑpɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈstɑpɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
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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 - fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members
How To Use stopping In A Sentence
- Should we no do a little what you call shopping for the babies, and haf a farewell feast tonight if I go for my last call at your so pleasant home?" he asked, stopping before a window full of fruit and flowers. Little Women
- After a bit of a stickybeak at the Queen's Scottish residence of Holyroodhouse, we made the most of the remaining daylight walking the length of the Royal Mile through the Old Town back to the castle, stopping by the Heart of Midlothian. TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com
- A couple of times her footholds cracked and she plunged a few heart-stopping feet, but luckily she grabbed another hold.
- I imagined the Tasmanian tiger stopping here en route from one primeval forest valley to another.
- It was warm and sunny, and we followed fields and footpaths, finally stopping in a wood. Times, Sunday Times
- No issues with anything stopping working, and while the trackpad is small (hi, it's a computer that is less than half the sixe -- sideway -- of a MBP 17 ), it's extremely usable, and I haven't had a lick of trouble with it. The Problems With A Hackintosh Netbook, Six Months Out | Lifehacker Australia
- Large packs of black matted mastiffs prowl the streets for scraps, occasionally breaking into fights of heart-stopping ferocity.
- The cop said he'd have to write me up for not stopping at the red light.
- Army, 'the professors said one to another, as, hardly stopping for a moment at the stranger's entrance, they continued to' jangle 'among themselves. A Book of Quaker Saints
- I didn't want to talk to Rachel about why I was stopping her and I didn't want her to continue.