full-stop
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.23 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of full stop.
Example Sentences
- ""Saying sorry" ends fraternal battles, soothes hysteria, puts a full-stop to that sump of baffled remorse into which children occasionally fall."
- "If the match was a full-stop for Clijsters, it surely represented a coming of age for Robson."
- "He [Tony Nelson] describes the match as “a full-stop at the end of the week.” It was something to look forward to."
- "Young people, says [Ariel] Palitz, still have a strong urge to get out and stay out, to let go, drink and dance. “But now we have an opportunity to build back better. We had come to a full-stop, and we can’t just go back to how it was.”"
- "I'm also not sure that he's a full-stop lead guard, though. He might be more of a guard who needs to play next to a playing-making guard who can get his own shot, because that's something he'll struggle with early in his career."
- "And Hochman won’t say whether he voted for Trump. Early, however, is a full-stop Trumpster. He’s an unabashed conservative whom the Bonta team would love to run against in November."