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stoppable

adj

Etymology

From stop + -able.

  1. derived from *(s)tewp-✻
  2. inherited from *stuppōną✻ — “to stop, close”
  3. inherited from *stoppōn✻
  4. inherited from stoppian — “to stop, close”
  5. inherited from stoppen
  6. suffixed as stoppable — “stop + able”

Definitions

  1. Capable of being stopped.

    • That is why some say that Mr. Stewart is the toughest and least stoppable fullback in the oil field.
    • “All the goals were stoppable,” Dave Jones, the Wolves manager, said.

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