stopping

verb

1. : to cause to halt stopped payment

2. : to subject to a legal stop

   : to cease activity or motion

noun

1. : an act or instance of stopping; specifically : a temporary detention that constitutes a limited seizure of a person for the purpose of inquiry or investigation and that must be based on reasonable suspicion — see also terry stop — compare arrest : a temporary detention that constitutes a limited seizure of a person for the purpose of inquiry or investigation and that must be based on reasonable suspicion — see also terry stop — compare arrest