stop+short

  • 41stop — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. close; obstruct; stanch; arrest, halt, impede; inhibit; delay, hold up, detain; discontinue, suspend; end, terminate, conclude; cease, desist. Ant., go, continue, encourage. n. halt, standstill,… …

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  • 42short — /ʃɔt / (say shawt) adjective 1. having little length; not long. 2. having little height; not tall; low. 3. extending or reaching only a little way. 4. brief; not extensive: a short speech. 5. concise, as writing. 6. rudely brief; curt; hurting:… …

  • 43Short fiction by Stephen King — This is a list of short fiction by Stephen King. This includes short stories, novelettes, and novellas, as well as poems. It is arranged chronologically by first publication. Major revisions of previously published pieces are also noted. In all,… …

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  • 44stop and frisk — The situation where police officers who are suspicious of an individual run their hands lightly over the suspect s outer garments to determine if the person is carrying a concealed weapon. Also called a patdown or threshold inquiry, a stop and… …

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  • 45short — shortness, n. /shawrt/, adj., shorter, shortest, adv., n., v. adj. 1. having little length; not long. 2. having little height; not tall: a short man. 3. extending or reaching only a little way: a short path. 4. brief in duration; not extensive in …

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  • 46short — [[t]ʃɔrt[/t]] adj. short•er, short•est, adv. n. v. 1) having little length; not long 2) having little height; not tall 3) extending or reaching only a little way: a short path[/ex] 4) brief in duration; not extensive in time 5) concise, as… …

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  • 47short — 1. adjective /ʃɔːt,ʃɔrt,ʃɑrt/ a) Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically. Our meeting was a short six minutes today. Every day for the past month its been at least twenty minutes long. b) Of… …

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  • 48Stop motion — (or frame by frame) animation is an animation technique to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own. The object is moved by small amounts between individually photographed frames, creating the illusion of movement when the… …

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  • 49Short Stop — (Бари,Италия) Категория отеля: Адрес: Via Postiglione 14/b, 70126 Бари, Италия …

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  • 50Stop Snitchin' — refers to a controversial 2004 campaign launched in Baltimore, United States to persuade criminal informants to stop snitching, or informing, to law enforcement. Public officials, activists and media outlets say that it is a campaign used by… …

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