stops

Noun

Meaning

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

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Synonyms

newmarket Michigan Chicago diaphragm occlusion standstill stopover layover boodle plosive occlusive kibosh wall up stations

Antonyms

are proceeds flies wages is clumps
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Hypernyms

cards card game

Phrases with the word

The buck stops here the race that stops a nation pull out all stops flag stops place where a train stops with all the stops out

Anagrams

spots posts

Examples

A teacher affects eternity he can never tell, where his influence stops. Henry Adams

I don't like to talk about my personal life. When we talk about it, it stops being personal. George Clooney

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. Ronald Reagan

Whether it rains or stops raining, the lentils have two eyes. Ethiopian Proverb

Save your fowl before it stops flapping. Guinea Proverb

When the hen gets fat, she stops lying. Afghan Proverb

Close letter words and terms

stoppingly stoppit stopple stopship stopsign stopstreet