Reverse Dictionary: STOP

ADJECTIVES
1894 — DEVALLING ceasing, stopping, halting → Sc.
1915 — CONKED stopped; killed → World War I Amer. sl.
1950 — KNACKERED thwarted; stopped from doing what one wishes → sl.

INTERJECTIONS
1760 — HOLD HARD! wait a moment! stop!
1800 — HOLD ON! wait a moment! stop!
1842 — HAVE DONE! cease, stop, be quiet → Eng. dial.
.M19 — BAIL UP! — BALE UP! stop! → sl.
1864 — PALL THAT! stop that! → sl.
1851 — NANTE! — NANTEE! — NANTI! — NANTY!  stop! beware! → UK sl.
1851 — WHOAP! — WHOPE! — WOPE! whoa! stop!; also used to express surprise or incredulity → Amer. dial.
1853 — KNARK IT! → NARK IT! stop it! shut up! → sl.
1891 — CHUCK IT! stop it!
1885 — CHUCK IT UP! stop it!
1897 — CHEESE IT! cease!, desist! → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1898 — WOAP-AH! whoa! stop!; also used to express surprise or incredulity → Amer. dial.
..L19 — TAKE A PULL ON YOURSELF!. stop it! → sl., orig. US
..20C — LAY OFF! stop! → colloq.
1910 — CHICKIE! — CHICKY! a warning of the impending approach of authority, whether, policeman, parent, or teacher, and thus a command to stop whatever one is doing that might cause that authority to act against one → US sl.
1915 — KAMERAD! stop! that’s enough! → military usage
1929 — MUD! stop! that’s enough! → Amer. dial.
1930 — WRAP IT UP! stop! → sl.
1941 — CHUCK IT IN! stop it!
1941 — NIX ON IT! no more of that! stop it! → Aust. sl.
1942 — WUP! whoa! stop!; also used to express surprise or incredulity → Amer. dial.
1947 — CUT THE ELASTIC quit fooling around → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1947 — KNOCK IT OFF stop → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1947 — LAY THAT PISTOL DOWN stop → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1947 — PUT IT ON ICE stop → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1947 — STOP FOOLIN’ WITH THE FOOLIN’ quit fooling around → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1959 — NITTO! stop! desist! → criminals’ sl.
1960 — ICE THAT! stop that! calm down!→ African-American sl.
1970 — CRAM IT! stop it! → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1975 — OCK IT! stop it! → US students’ sl.
1999 — CAN IT! int. stop doing that! (Bk.)
2002 — NANTI THAT! stop that! don’t do that! → UK sl.

NOUNS
1590 — CAESURA a break, a stop, an interruption
1640 — SISTENCE stopping → obs.
1866 — FETCH-UP a sudden stop; the halt which results from such a stop → Amer. dial.
1891 — DEVALLING cessation, stop → Sc.
1905 — HAG-STOP weariness; a stoppage, dilemma → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1930 — BIG HOLE in railroading: an emergency stop → Amer. dial.

VERBS
1000 — STUDEGIE to come to a standstill, to stop; to hesitate, to delay → obs.
1225 — STUT — STUTTE to stop, to cease; to stay, to remain → obs.
1300 — LAY to put a stop to an annoyance; to allay anxiety; to appease anger, appetite, etc. → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1384 — ACHECK to check, to bring to a sudden stop → obs.
1539 — PRETERMIT to suspend or stop temporarily; to interrupt or cause to interrupted
1567 — BAR BY AND MAIN to prevent entirely; to stop altogether → obs.
1570 — SHUT UP SHOP to stop, usually talking → sl.
1577 — CUT DOWN to put a stop to → obs.
1589 — BUNG to stop, to close; to shut up
1623 — OBVARICATE to hinder, obstruct or stop one in his passage → obs.
1631 — TAKE UP to arrest the action or progress of; to check, to stop, to ‘pull up’ → obs.
1637 — SUBSIST to cease, to stop at a certain point → obs.
1644 — RAMBARRE to beat or force back; to drive away, to repel, to repulse; to stop, to restrain → Sc. obs.
1670 — BEHOLD to ‘hold,’ to stop, to wait → obs.
1676 — SIST to cease, to desist, to stop → obs.
1678 — QUIT to stop, to leave off → Sc. & Ireland
1768 — BEHAD to stop, to wait; to hold, to maintain, to hold as certain → Sc.
1777 — HAP to stop; to keep back; to check, to balk → Eng. dial.
1790 — LOW to put an end to a condition or state of affairs; also, to stop work or activity; to cease → Sc. obs.
1790 — QUAT to cease work; to desist from, to stop → Sc.
1791 — HANKER to loiter, to linger about; to dally, to tarry, to stop → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1814 — CLAP A GUY ON to put a stop to; to cease → nautical sl. obs.
1821 — REST to arrest, to stop; to distrain for debt → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1823 — DEVALL to halt, to stop, to desist, to cease → Sc., N. Ireland, & Eng. dial.
1838 — FETCH UP to come or be brought to a sudden stop; to end up in some place or situation → Amer. dial.
1839 — LAY UP to make a forced stop in travelling or itinerant labour → Amer. dial.
1840 — CATCH UP to interrupt, to stop
1861 — QUIT OFF to stop doing something; to cease from → Amer. dial.
1864 — PALL to stop, to cease → sl.
1884 — TENT to stop, to stay, to delay → Eng. dial.
1886 — CALL IT A DAY to stop, to go no further; to express satisfaction with progress or acceptance that one cannot improve a situation → sl.
1889 — NARK to cease, to desist, to stop → sl.
1890 — BRING UP SHORT to make stop suddenly
1894 — LET ALL HOLTS GO to relax or lose one’s grip; to abandon one’s position; to suddenly interrupt or stop what one is doing → Amer. dial.
1897 — CHOP OFF to stop or put a stop to; to quit work → Amer. sl.
1897 — NARK to stop, to terminate, to desist, esp. to stop talking, to spoil → 1897 — sl.
1899 — TIE A CAN TO to get rid of or dismiss; to quit or stop → US sl.
..L19 — JACK IT to stop doing something; to give in; to abandon; to resign → sl.
1900 — CHATHAM AND DOVER to stop, to cease → rhyming sl. for ‘give over’ 
1900 — PUT THE GAS ON to put a stop to → Aust. sl.
..20C — AIRLOCK to stop in one’s tracks → Irish sl.
..20C — TAKE A PULL to stop, to desist → Aust. sl.
..E20 — CALL IT A GO to stop, to go no further; to express satisfaction with progress or acceptance that one cannot improve a situation → sl.
1902 — CHUCK to stop doing something → sl.
1905 — NAP to stop, to frustrate → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — PULL UP among travellers, to stop → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — SWALLOW THE ANCHOR to change course; to stop doing something → UK criminals’ sl.
1905 — TAKE OFF to turn off; to stop → Sc. (Bk.)
1906 — CAN to stop or give up; to leave off → Amer. sl.
1907 — FAIL UP to stop doing something → Amer. dial.
1908 — OFF to discharge; to reject; hence, to eliminate, to stop → US sl., chiefly African-American
1910 — APPLY THE ACID to put a stop to → sl.
1910 — PLY THE ACID to put a stop to → sl.
1910 — PUT THE ACID ON to put a stop to → sl.
1910 — TRY THE ACID to put a stop to → sl.
1911 — BLIN to cease, to desist, to stop; to cause to stop → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 — PUT THE MOCKERS ON to put a stop to → sl.
1912 — CALL IT A NIGHT to stop, to go no further; to express satisfaction with progress or acceptance that one cannot improve a situation → sl.
1913 — GO DEAD to cease to run, as an engine or automobile → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1915 — CONK OUT to stop running or operating → WWI Royal Flying Corps
1920 — LAY OUT to stop what one is doing. esp. suddenly → African-American sl.
1920 — PACK THE GAME IN to stop doing something → sl.
1927 — BUNCH to quit a job; to leave something unfinished; to stop, to cease, to abandon → Amer. dial.
1929 — EAR to keep someone from moving; to pin down → Amer. dial.
1930 — BIG HOLE in railroading, logging, and trucking: to stop quickly → Amer. dial.
1930 — BIG HOLE THE AIR in railroading, and logging: to stop quickly → Amer. dial.
1930 — PACK IT IN — PACK IT UP to stop doing something, usually used as a command → sl.
1930 — WRAP (IT) UP to bring to an end, to conclude, to stop doing something → sl.
1931 — BELAY to stop, to wait; to cancel, to disregard → Amer. dial.
1941 — QUIT OUT to leave abruptly or suddenly; to stop → Amer. dial.
1942 — PACK IN to stop, to cease an activity or to function; to become useless; to give up; to retire; to die → sl.
1943 — LET LOOSE ALL HOLTS to relax or lose one’s grip; to abandon one’s position; to suddenly interrupt or stop what one is doing → Amer. dial.
1945 — GET THE CHOP to be dismissed or stopped → Brit. sl.
1945 — PUT A SPOKE IN ONE’S WHEEL to hinder or stop anyone from carrying out some action or intention → US Western usage (Bk.)
1947 — STOP SOMEONE’S CLOCK to stop or defeat someone; hence, to kill someone → Amer. sl.
1950 — EX — X to stop, to eliminate → Aust. & US students’ sl.
1950 — SHITCAN to stop, to abandon a course of action; to toss away → Aust. & NZ sl.
1953 — CURB to stop or slow down → US
1954 — CUT ONE’S WATER OFF to stop someone from doing something → Amer. dial.
1960 — RAISE to stop, to pause → African-American sl.
1962 — MULE DOWN to stop moving; to refuse to move → Amer. dial.
1964 — STOP ON A DIME to stop quickly and neatly → US sl.
1969 — BIG HOLE IT in trucking: to apply brakes for an emergency stop → Amer. dial.
1970 — DAMPER to stop; to bring to an end → African-American sl.
1972 — PULL UP to stop doing something → US sl.
1988 — PULL THE PLUG to stop; to finish → UK sl.
1990 — CALL A COP to stop → rhyming sl.
1995 — STOP ON A DIME to stop suddenly → US sl. (Bk.)
1995 — THROW A MONKEY WRENCH INTO SOMETHING to stop the process of something → US sl. (Bk.)
1999 — CHUCK IT to stop, to desist (Bk.)
2000 — KICK SOMETHING INTO TOUCH to finish an activity; to stop doing something or stop something happening → UK sl.
2001 — SACK to abruptly stop any activity → UK sl.