Definitions for stops
stops

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Michigan, Chicago, Newmarket, boodle, stopsnoun

   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

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stops

   Stops can refer to various actions, events, or places, depending on the context. Generally, they refer to: 1. The act of ceasing movement, operation, or progress. 2. A place designated for a vehicle to halt and pick up or drop off passengers. 3. A punctuation mark used to indicate the end of a sentence. 4. A feature on a musical instrument that alters the sound it produces. 5. In finance, it's a predetermined price at which an order can be executed. 6. In phonetics, it is a consonant sound produced by completely blocking airflow from the lungs and then releasing it.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. STOPS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Stops is ranked #91221 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Stops surname appeared 202 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Stops.
   
   49.5% or 100 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   39.6% or 80 total occurrences were White.
   8.4% or 17 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Card Game

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'stops' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3353

Anagrams for stops »

1. posts

2. spots

How to pronounce stops?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say stops in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of stops in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of stops in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of stops in a Sentence

1. Julie Harwell:

   I hope they keep the same energy because I'm still going to be going through mental health issues when the hugs stop and the media stops and the phone calls stop, we're gon na be going through and reliving that day every single day.

2. Richard Shelby:

   A special prosecutor generally is far-ranging and never stops, it goes everywhere and generally there's not much discipline to them.

3. Ed Henry:

   We're still hearing stories of cabinet members having to have very intense conversations with him about continuing to allow her to travel with him, it never stops.

4. Deb Gardner:

   I think our statement really came from the fact that what has happened historically is victims are dismissed, and we need to make a shift in our culture, so abuse stops.

5. Mitt Romney:

   The buck stops at the top, you’re the person running (unemployment insurance in California). You’re the one who decided to waive guardrails. … The idea of promoting a person who has had that kind of experience to a position of leadership for the entire Department of Labor makes no sense at all.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=stops
2. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
3. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html