Stops

Definition: Stops

Stops

Noun

1. 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.

Date "stops" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Specialty Definition: Stops

Domain	Definition
Literature	Stops Organs have no fixed number of stops; some have sixty or more, and others much fewer. A stop is a collection of pipes similar in tone and quality, running through the whole or part of an organ. They may be divided into mouth-pipes and reed-pipes, according to structure, or into (1) metallic, (2) reed, (3) wood, (4) mixture or compound stops, according to material. The following are the chief:- (1) Metallic. Principal (so called because it is the first stop tuned, and is the standard by which the whole organ is regulated), the open diapason, dulciana, the 12th, 15th, tierce or 17th, larigot or 19th, 22nd, 26th, 29th, 33rd, etc. (being respectively 12, 15, 17, etc., notes above the open diapason). (2) Reed (metal reed pipes). Bassoon, cremona, hautboy or oboe, trumpet, vox-humana (all in unison with the open diapason), clarion (an octave above the diapason and in unison with principal). (3) Wood. Stopt diapason, double diapason, and most of the flutes. (4) Compound or mixture. Flute (in unison with the principal), cornet, mixture or furniture, sesquialtera, cymbel, and cornet. Grand organs have, in addition to the above, from two to two and a half octaves of pedals. Stops, strictly speaking, are three-fold, called the foundation stop, the mutation stop, and the mixture stop. The foundation stop is one whose tone agrees with the normal pitch of the digital struck, or some octave of it. The mutation stops produce a tone that is neither the normal pitch nor yet an octave of the digital struck. The mixture stop needs no explanation. Among varieties of organ-stops may be mentioned the complete stop, which has one pipe or reed to a note. The compound stop, which has more than one pipe or reed to a note. The flue stop, composed of flue-pipes. The incomplete (or imperfect) stop, which has less than the full number of pipes. The manual stop, corresponding to the manual keyboard. The open stop, which has the pipes open at the upper end. The pedal stop, as distinguished from the "manual" stop. The solo stop, the string stop, etc. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Only one thing stops me. A promise I made to Andy (The Shawshank Redemption; writing credit: Frank Darabont) They've committed a murder and it's not like taking a trolley ride together where they can get off at different stops. They're stuck with each other and they've got to ride all the way to the end of the line and it's a one-way trip and the last stop is the cemetery (Double Indemnity; writing credit: James M. Cain; Billy Wilder) It stops the suit from riding up. (Miss Congeniality; writing credit: Marc Lawrence; Katie Ford) I'm not making two stops! (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) How far is all the way, and then if it stops, what's stopping it, and what's behind what's stopping it (This Is Spinal Tap; writing credit: Christopher Guest; Michael McKean)
Lyrics	You have a drumstick and your brain stops tickin' (One Week; performing artist: Barenaked Ladies) But tell me what happens when it stops (Lucky; performing artist: Britney Spears) Confusion never stops (Clocks; performing artist: COLDPLAY) Aboard his ship he stops to stare (I Will Wait; performing artist: Hootie & The Blowfish) Sometimes it stops; Sometimes it flows (Even Angels Fall; performing artist: Jessica Riddle)
Clever	No man really becomes a fool until he stops asking questions. (references; author: unknown) A good friend see the first tear, catches the second, and stops the third. (references; author: unknown) For a nosebleed, put the nose much lower then the body until the heart stops. (references; author: unknown)
Tongue Twisters	Stagecoach stops. (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	The Machine Stops (1966) 12 Stops on the Road to Nowhere (1999) 500 Bus Stops (1997) This Butt Stops Here (1990) Sammy Stops the World (1978)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Bus Stops (reference) Train Stations : Whistle Stops, Rail Stations of North America (reference) When the Wind Stops (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Stops Crying - Heartbeat Music Therapy CD #1 (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods	DeWalt DW7051 Length Stops (for DW705, DW708) (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	A blue-footed booby stops for a rest on the NOAA Ship RESEARCHER. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		Water hyacinth, an exotic, filling a canal. Water hyacinth stops boat traffic and interferes with circulation of water. Credit: America's Coastlines.
	Emptying the catch on the sorting table. The yellow and bluelines are "the tangles". The tangles ride on the bottom and stops chaffing of the net on rough bottom. Credit: Fisheries.		Stops for a helping of dessert from Ship's Cook 2nd Class William Barry, as she goes through a "chow" line at Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia, during World War II. Credit: NAVY.
	Stops to investigate the wreckage of a SBN-1 aircraft that crashed during Torpedo Squadron Eight (VT-8) carrier qualifications on USS Long Island (AVG-1), 12 November 1941. The plane, some of whose wreckage is floating in the center foreground, was Bureau # 1534. The pilot, Ensign John H. Langdon, USNR, was killed in the accident. Credit: NAVY.		This is where your Uncle Sam stops to think. Credit: Library of Congress.
	What every husband knows. Man away from home over Sunday stops in at musical recital ... Credit: Library of Congress.		Oyster fisherman of Olga, Louisiana, aboard El Rito. Captain of this boat gives free beer to fishermen on his stops. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Traveling carnival at Old Trap, North Carolina. This troupe follows the migrants around and stops where there is a large settlement of them. A show generally consists of a band concert and movie and vaudeville. Credit: Library of Congress.		Woodrow Wilson stops on his daily drive to purchase Tuberculosis Seals from Sylvia Suter, a little Health Crusader. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.


"Merry-Go-Round" by Andrew Thomas Commentary: "Where it stops, nobody knows."	"Cyclist At Intersection" by Matthew Maaskant Commentary: "A cyclist stops beside a car at a red light. Visit http://www.qr5.com ."
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Author	Quotation
Bishop Robert South	Wonder is from surprise, and surprise stops with experience.
Denis Diderot	Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld	Live on doubts; it becomes madness or stops entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.
Henry Adams	A teacher affects eternity. He can never tell where his influence stops.
Henry Ward Beecher	We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up in the morning.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe	Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with our feet when it stops.
Oliver Cromwell	He who stops being better stops being good.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	The diligence passes, sees me, stops and takes me up.
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	But when the motor of a tractor stops, it is as dead as the ore it came from
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		At this point, the stool stops moving. (references)
		The liver fights infections and stops bleeding. (references)
		A condition in which the body stops making urine. (references)
Business		The International Student Network organizes the American Education EXPO each February, with stops in several Gulf countries, including Kuwait. (references)
Children	Ethiopia	There have been many press reports of the large-scale employment of children, especially underage girls, as hotel workers, barmaids, and prostitutes in resort towns and rural truck stops. (references)
Economic History	Nigeria	The NIPC, however, should be one of the first stops of any potential investor. (references)
	Ireland	However, there will be an element of design pertaining to the track, stops and overhead poles. (references)
Travel	Korea	For travel to and from the Kimpo airport, the Seoul subway line conveniently stops at this hub. (references)
	Cape Verde	South African Airways in its route New York-Johannesburg makes daily stops at Sal international airport. (references)
	Italy	U.S. Citizens are reminded that certain Alitalia flights between Italy and various middle eastern points (usually Damascus or Amman) make en route stops in Beirut. (references)
Women	Poland	However, due to a crackdown on prostitutes who work along major thoroughfares and at truck stops, the prostitution industry has moved to brothels, massage parlors, or agencies offering escort services. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	HEAT, n. Heat, says Professor Tyndall, is a mode Of motion, but I know now how he's proving His point; but this I know -- hot words bestowed With skill will set the human fist a-moving, And where it stops the stars burn free and wild. Crede expertum -- I have seen them, child. Gorton Swope
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	American scientists have discovered genes linked to breast cancer and ovarian cancer, and medication that stops a stroke in progress and begins to reverse its effect, and treatments that dramatically lengthen the lives of people with HIV and AIDS.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-s form)	72.86%	866	8,178
Noun (plural)	27.14%	323	16,021
Total	100.00%	1,189	N/A

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Stops	Last name	1,000	18,429
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Expressions using "stops": call out the stops ♦ flight with stops ♦ pull out all the stops. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "stops": stops-he.
	Ending with "stops": bus-stops, double-stops, Jackson-stops, pit-stops.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "stops"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		ndalesa. (various references)

Basque		gelditzen. (various references)

Chinese		中止 (Discontinuance, Discontinuation, stop). (various references)

Czech		hlásit zastávky (call out the stops). (various references)

Danish		mellemlæg (connector, distance stops, spacer bars, spacing sticks), afstandsklods (distance stops, spacer bars, spacing sticks). (various references)

Dutch		lijst (cadre, framework, list, picture-frame, table, tablet). (various references)

Flemish		tussenlandingen. (various references)

French		vannes, liteaux d'écartement (distance stops, spacing sticks), lamelles, cales (distance stops, spacing sticks), arrêtte. (various references)

German		hält an (halts), hält (holds, keeps, upholds), Bushaltestellen. (various references)

Greek		οδηγοί απόστασης (distance stops, spacer bars, spacing sticks). (various references)

Hungarian		odáig nem terjed a barátsága (his friendship stops short of his purse), hogy pénzt adjon (his friendship stops short of his purse). (various references)

Italian		ferma (stop!, you stay, you stop), arresti distanziatori (distance stops, spacer bars, spacing sticks). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		普通 (generally, ordinarily, train that stops at every station, usually), 各駅停車　 (train that stops at every station), 各駅停車 (train that stops at every station). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ふつう (cessation, generally, interruption, ordinarily, stoppage, suspension, tie-up, train that stops at every station, usually), かくえきていしゃ (train that stops at every station). (various references)

Korean		정지 (Ceasing, Halt, halting, stop). (various references)

Pig Latin		opsstay.(various references)

Portuguese		réguas espaçadoras (distance stops, spacer bars, spacing sticks), pára-se. (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian		paradas. (various references)

Spanish		piezas de separación (distance stops, spacer bars, spacing sticks). (various references)

Swedish		stoppar, distanslist (distance stops, spacer bars, spacing sticks). (various references)

Derivations
	Words ending with "stops": backstops, doorstops, estops, helistops, misstops, ripstops, shortstops, unstops. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Stops" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: atops, estops, setos, sopes, stoas, stoes, stopa, stopes, Stopp, stoppa, stos, stoss, stous, stoys, stuss, stypes. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "stops" (pronounced stÄ"ps)
4	-t Ä" p s	tops.
3	-Ä" p s	chops, cops, crops, drops, flops, hops, Kops, mops, ops, pops, props, shoppes, shops, sops, swaps, wops.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
truck stops	225	eminem lyrics music stops when	13
door stops	90	8 stops 7	13
pilot truck stops	74	bump stops	13
flying j truck stops	61	car stops	12
rock never stops	58	interstate rest stops	12
truck stops of america	48	snow stops	12
never rock stops tour	48	organ stops	11
petro truck stops	35	stops trailing	11
ta truck stops	34	cast door stops	11
rest stops	29	the machine stops	10
lyrics music stops when	21	jackson stops	10
love stops truck	21	wheel stops	10
stops	20	gay stops truck	10
buck here stops	19	here spin stops	10
love stops travel	18	cast iron door stops	10
bus stops	17	door here mat spin stops	9
when the music stops	16	custom cycle engineering custom fork stops	9
f stops	14	parking stops	9
stops traffic	14	2003 never rock stops	8
port serial stops	13	decorative door stops	8
		antique door stops	8
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: posts, spots.
	Words within the letters "o-p-s-s-t"
	-1 letter: opts, post, pots, psst, sops, sots, spot, stop, tops, toss.
	-2 letters: ops, opt, pot, sop, sos, sot, top.
	-3 letters: op, os, so, to.
	Words containing the letters "o-p-s-s-t"
	+1 letter: estops, pestos, posits, posset, ptoses, ptosis, sports, spouts, stomps, stoops, stopes, stoups, stowps, strops, tossup, uptoss.
	+2 letters: despots, fusspot, imposts, misstop, outpass, pastors, petasos, pistols, pistons, poetess, poshest, possets, postals, posters, postins, potsies, prestos, respots, riposts, sapotas, sapotes, sexpots, sophist, sopites, spigots, spintos, sprouts, stepson, stopers, stupors, sunspot, topless, tosspot, tossups, unstops, upshots.
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Stops

Definition: Stops

Stops

Noun

Specialty Definition: Stops

Specialty Definition: Stop consonant

Synonym: Stops

Crosswords: Stops

Modern Usage: Stops

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Bishop Robert South

Denis Diderot

Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Henry Adams

Henry Ward Beecher

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Oliver Cromwell

Use in Literature: Stops

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Non-Fiction Usage: Stops

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Speeches: Stops

Bill Clinton

Usage Frequency: Stops

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Stops

Modern Translation: Stops

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