Definitions
How to pronounce stops:
Stops - as a noun
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
Stops - as a verb
To cease moving.
Example: "I stopped at the traffic lights."
To not continue.
Example: "Soon the rain will stop."
To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.
Example: "The sight of the armed men stopped him in his tracks."
To cease; to no longer continue (doing something).
Example: "One of the wrestlers suddenly stopped fighting."
To cause (something) to come to an end.
Example: "The referees stopped the fight."
To close or block an opening.
Example: "He stopped the wound with gauze."
(often with "up" or "down") to adjust the aperture of a camera lens.
Example: "To achieve maximum depth of field, he stopped down to an f-stop of 22."
To stay; to spend a short time; to reside or tarry temporarily.
Example: "He stopped at his friend's house before continuing with his drive."
To regulate the sounds of (musical strings, etc.) by pressing them against the fingerboard with the finger, or otherwise shortening the vibrating part.
To punctuate.
To make fast; to stopper.
Example Sentences
Word Game Points
STOPS has a SCRABBLE points total of 7.
STOPS has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 8.
STOPS has a WORDFEUD points total of 8.
