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PRONUNCIATION OF WHISTLE-STOPPED

whistle-stopped  [ˈwɪsəlˌstɒpt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WHISTLE-STOPPED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Whistle-Stopped is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb whistle-stopped in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO WHISTLE-STOPPED

PRESENT

Present
I whistle-stopped
you whistle-stopped
he/she/it whistle-stoppeds
we whistle-stopped
you whistle-stopped
they whistle-stopped
Present continuous
I am whistle-stoppeding
you are whistle-stoppeding
he/she/it is whistle-stoppeding
we are whistle-stoppeding
you are whistle-stoppeding
they are whistle-stoppeding
Present perfect
I have whistle-stoppeded
you have whistle-stoppeded
he/she/it has whistle-stoppeded
we have whistle-stoppeded
you have whistle-stoppeded
they have whistle-stoppeded
Present perfect continuous
I have been whistle-stoppeding
you have been whistle-stoppeding
he/she/it has been whistle-stoppeding
we have been whistle-stoppeding
you have been whistle-stoppeding
they have been whistle-stoppeding
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I whistle-stoppeded
you whistle-stoppeded
he/she/it whistle-stoppeded
we whistle-stoppeded
you whistle-stoppeded
they whistle-stoppeded
Past continuous
I was whistle-stoppeding
you were whistle-stoppeding
he/she/it was whistle-stoppeding
we were whistle-stoppeding
you were whistle-stoppeding
they were whistle-stoppeding
Past perfect
I had whistle-stoppeded
you had whistle-stoppeded
he/she/it had whistle-stoppeded
we had whistle-stoppeded
you had whistle-stoppeded
they had whistle-stoppeded
Past perfect continuous
I had been whistle-stoppeding
you had been whistle-stoppeding
he/she/it had been whistle-stoppeding
we had been whistle-stoppeding
you had been whistle-stoppeding
they had been whistle-stoppeding
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will whistle-stopped
you will whistle-stopped
he/she/it will whistle-stopped
we will whistle-stopped
you will whistle-stopped
they will whistle-stopped
Future continuous
I will be whistle-stoppeding
you will be whistle-stoppeding
he/she/it will be whistle-stoppeding
we will be whistle-stoppeding
you will be whistle-stoppeding
they will be whistle-stoppeding
Future perfect
I will have whistle-stoppeded
you will have whistle-stoppeded
he/she/it will have whistle-stoppeded
we will have whistle-stoppeded
you will have whistle-stoppeded
they will have whistle-stoppeded
Future perfect continuous
I will have been whistle-stoppeding
you will have been whistle-stoppeding
he/she/it will have been whistle-stoppeding
we will have been whistle-stoppeding
you will have been whistle-stoppeding
they will have been whistle-stoppeding
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would whistle-stopped
you would whistle-stopped
he/she/it would whistle-stopped
we would whistle-stopped
you would whistle-stopped
they would whistle-stopped
Conditional continuous
I would be whistle-stoppeding
you would be whistle-stoppeding
he/she/it would be whistle-stoppeding
we would be whistle-stoppeding
you would be whistle-stoppeding
they would be whistle-stoppeding
Conditional perfect
I would have whistle-stopped
you would have whistle-stopped
he/she/it would have whistle-stopped
we would have whistle-stopped
you would have whistle-stopped
they would have whistle-stopped
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been whistle-stoppeding
you would have been whistle-stoppeding
he/she/it would have been whistle-stoppeding
we would have been whistle-stoppeding
you would have been whistle-stoppeding
they would have been whistle-stoppeding
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you whistle-stopped
we let´s whistle-stopped
you whistle-stopped
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to whistle-stopped
Past participle
whistle-stoppeded
Present Participle
whistle-stoppeding
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WHISTLE-STOPPED


backstopped
ˈbækstɒpt
carrot-topped
ˈkærə tˌtɒpt
double-stopped
ˌdʌbəlˈstɒpt
estopped
ɪˈstɒpt
open-topped
ˈəʊpənˌtɒpt
overtopped
ˌəʊvəˈtɒpt
screw-topped
ˈskruːˌtɒpt
spellstopt
ˈspɛlˌstɒpt
stopped
stɒpt
tabletopped
ˈteɪbəlˌtɒpt
unstopped
ʌnˈstɒpt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WHISTLE-STOPPED

whisperously
whispery
whiss
whist
whist drive
whistle
whistle blower
whistle for
whistle in the dark
whistle stop
whistle up
whistle-blower
whistle-blowing
whistle-stop
whistle-stopping
whistleable
whistler
whistling
whistling swan
whistlingly

WORDS THAT END LIKE WHISTLE-STOPPED

bopped
chopped
close-cropped
copped
cropped
dropped
eavesdropped
equipped
flip-flopped
flopped
hopped
lopped
mopped
Photoshopped
plopped
popped
propped
shopped
the penny dropped
topped
uncropped

Synonyms and antonyms of whistle-stopped in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «whistle-stopped» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WHISTLE-STOPPED

Find out the translation of whistle-stopped to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of whistle-stopped from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «whistle-stopped» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

哨子停止
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pito parado -
570 millions of speakers

English

whistle-stopped
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सीटी बंद कर दिया
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

صافرة توقف -
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

свисток - остановился
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

whistle- parado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বাঁশি-বন্ধ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sifflet arrêté
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dihentikan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

whistle- gestoppt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

笛、停止した
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

휘파람 - 중지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sikut-mandheg
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

còi dừng lại
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விசில்-நிறுத்தி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शीळ घालणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

düdük-durduruldu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

whistle - fermato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

whistle - zatrzymany
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

свисток - зупинився
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fluier - a oprit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σφύριγμα , σταμάτησε
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

fluitjie - stop
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

whistle- stoppad
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

whistle- stoppet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of whistle-stopped

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WHISTLE-STOPPED»

The term «whistle-stopped» is used very little and occupies the 184.510 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WHISTLE-STOPPED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «whistle-stopped» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «whistle-stopped» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about whistle-stopped

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHISTLE-STOPPED»

Discover the use of whistle-stopped in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to whistle-stopped and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Knowing
... into the case and held her ear. e whistle stopped and the pain disappeared. Jane turned back to the case and leaned toward it again. e whistle commenced again and she sat back on the bed. e whistle stopped, this time with a dened nish .
Laurel Dewey, 2013
2
Factory
trance when the whistle sounded, but he knew, from past experience, that by running he could barely get through before the whistle stopped blowing. Just as he reached the gate, however, his foreman stepped up from an opposite direction .
‎1911
3
The Unicorn Hunt: The Fifth Book of the House of Niccolo
But when she began to sing, he sang with her, and went on singing when the whistle stopped altogether, and was replaced by Will Roger's own rich voice, held well down. The piece, though intricate, was not long, and ended quietly, with 34 ...
Dorothy Dunnett, 2010
4
Political Campaign Communication: Principles and Practices
For example, in 1948, Harry Truman whistle-stopped his way across thirty-two thousand miles to blame what he termed the “do-nothing, good-for-nothing 80th Congress” for the nation's problems. In 1956, Dwight Eisenhower, in spite of two  ...
Judith S. Trent, Robert V. Friedenberg, Robert E. Denton Jr., 2011
5
United States Circuit Courts of Appeals Reports: With ...
the Transfer ported and hard-aported, and so threw herself directly across the path of the Lansing, which immediately upon hearing the Transfer's single whistle stopped, reversed, and gave the alarm. The steamer was struck substantially on ...
‎1918
6
Freddy: A Love Story
After an awkward pause, the game began again. That's when the coach noticed a certain town favorite chuckling behind the hand covering his mouth. When the whistle stopped play a second time, it became obvious what was happening.
Ray Oliver, 2011
7
A Man of the People
... them laughing at theirownfright. Something seemedto gowrongbecause thevoice was susperseded by one prolonged eartearing whistle. All other noises had stopped, and soon the highpitched whistle stopped too. The man counted one to.
Chinua Achebe, 2013
8
Imaginary Girls
The steam whistle stopped. And the water gushed in. And you and I know what happened after that.” “And those girls?” I asked. She let her eyes go to the water, and I let mine follow. That was her answer. “So the big sister lost her little sister ...
Nova Ren Suma, 2011
9
Catch That Pass!
The thick padded shoulders looked like the shoulders of an angry, charging bull. Jim's nerves shattered like glass. Frantically he flung the ball to the ground. Shreeeeep! The whistle stopped the would-be tackier. Less than a yard from Jim,  ...
Matt Christopher, 2009
10
Bullsnake Jones (Special Operations: A.N.G.E.L. Group)
After the whistle stopped I heard a loud explosion, which indicates that the O- Bomb had impacted. I opened my eyes and sprang to my feet. My ears were still ringing. I turned to Ruiz, who was still standing and mumbling something. When my ...
T. J. Cook (Available in Kindle Only)

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WHISTLE-STOPPED»

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Catching up with 'Cake' actress Jennifer Aniston
When Truman whistle-stopped Malden. Kent Bush: The keys to decoding the State of the Union address. Doxiadis – designer of the Malden ensemble. «Wicked Local Malden, Jan 15»
2
When Truman whistle-stopped Malden
MALDEN. By Virginia Ruane. Now that Christmas 2014 is over and has become a memory past, a nice thought came to my mind: The Summer Street Train ... «Wicked Local Malden, Jan 15»
3
Tillsonburg visit by Opposition Leader focuses on jobs, environment …
TILLSONBURG - NDP leader Tom Mulcair whistle-stopped in Tillsonburg Wednesday to discuss tobacco's past history and resurgence, before moving forward ... «St. Thomas Times-Journal, Mar 14»
4
Bush, Kerry slug it out over missing Iraqi explosives
With the prize in sight just six days to the November 2 vote, the candidates whistle-stopped through key battleground states in America's heartland, Bush in ... «China Daily, Oct 04»

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