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Definition of Stop dead
1. Verb. Stop moving or become immobilized. "When he saw the police car he froze"
Definition of Stop dead
1. Verb. (intransitive) ,(idiomatic) to stop suddenly ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stop Dead
Literary usage of Stop dead
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Acoustics for Musicians by Percy Carter Buck (1918)
"1 of the string of six—the result will be that it will stop dead, whilst the ball
at the other end breaks away and runs along by itself, leaving behind it 3 ..."
2. Railway Working and Appliances: To which are Added a Chapter and Diagram on by Edward S. Hadley (1909)
"Every train, even if it consist of engine and brake van only, must stop dead at
this "stop board," and before starting again ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1880)
"He came on boldly; we could hear him call two or three times in succession, and
then stop dead silent for a few minutes to listen, and then on again, ..."
4. Common Science by Carleton Wolsey Washburne (1920)
"You could not shoot a bullet any distance; as soon as the gases of the gunpowder
had stopped pushing against it, it would stop dead and fall. ..."
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