STOP

I. verb (~ped; ~ping) Etymology: Middle English ~pen, from Old English -~pian, from Vulgar Latin *stuppare to ~ with tow, from Latin stuppa tow, from Greek styppē Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to close by filling or obstructing, to hinder or prevent the passage of, to get in the way of ; be wounded or killed by , 2. to close up or block off (an opening) ; plug , to make impassable ; choke , obstruct , to cover over or fill in (a hole or crevice), 3. to cause to give up or change a course of action, to keep from carrying out a proposed action ; restrain , prevent , 4. to cause to cease ; check , suppress , discontinue , 5. to deduct or withhold (a sum due), to instruct one's bank to refuse (payment) or refuse payment of (as a check), 6. to arrest the progress or motion of ; cause to halt , parry , to check by means of a weapon ; bring down , kill , to beat in a boxing match by a knockout, baffle , nonplus , to change the pitch of (as a violin string) by pressing with the finger or (as a wind instrument) by closing one or more finger holes or by thrusting the hand or a mute into the bell, to hold an honor card and enough protecting cards to be able to block (a bridge suit) before an opponent can run many tricks, intransitive verb 1. to cease activity or operation , to come to an end especially suddenly ; close , finish , 2. to cease to move on ; halt , pause , hesitate , 3. to break one's journey ; stay , remain , to make a brief call ; drop in, to become choked ; clog , ~pable adjective Synonyms: see: ~ II. noun Date: 15th century 1. cessation , end , a pause or breaking off in speech, 2. a. a graduated set of organ pipes of similar design and tone quality, a corresponding set of vibrators or reeds of a reed organ, ~ knob , a means of regulating the pitch of a musical instrument, 3. something that impedes, obstructs, or brings to a halt ; impediment , obstacle , the aperture of a camera lens, a drain plug ; ~per , a device for arresting or limiting motion, the act of ~ping ; the state of being ~ped ; check , 6. a halt in a journey ; stay , a ~ping place , 7. any of several punctuation marks, b. — used in telegrams and cables to indicate a period a pause or break in a verse that marks the end of a grammatical unit, 8. an order ~ping payment (as of a check or note) by a bank, ~ order , a consonant characterized by complete closure of the breath passage in the course of articulation, a depression in the face of an animal at the junction of forehead and muzzle, a function of an electronic device that ~s a recording, III. adjective Date: 1594 serving to ~ ; designed to ~