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US
/ˈstɑps/
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[ UK /stˈɒps/ ]
[ UK /stˈɒps/ ]
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
How To Use stops In A Sentence
- Additionally, when a horizontal-head centrifuge stops. the tubes fall from the horizontal to the vertical position.
- Plans include occasional stops at Central Terminal, which saw its last passenger train in 1979, and special excursions through the region to destinations such as Niagara Falls, Medina, Jamestown and even Cleveland. The Buffalo News: Home
- The experience was a little like being seated next to a cheerful, open-faced fellow on a long airplane flight who begins talking to you - and then never, ever, ever stops, not even when he has his Salisbury steak dinner in his mouth.
- ‘Sewing a squash ball into the back of their pyjamas or nightie might sound like a wind-up but it's effective because it stops people from sleeping on their back,’ he said.
- Keep the artichoke in a bowl of water with a lemon squeezed into it, (rather grandly called acidulated water), this stops the heart from blackening when it is exposed.
- Selling alcohol at truck stops is an unnecessary temptation for drivers.
- When water levels subside and water stops flowing from the Main Pool, the carp disperse.
- Practically speaking, all the stops that require dragging the wheels will put a bigger dent in your wallet since wheels cost a bundle.
- Both have lost their sense of smell and say this stops them enjoying their food. The Sun
- When this happens, the armature in the pump usually stops on a bad commutator bar.
