nonstop

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English

Definitions

noun

(travel) A nonstop journey, especially a nonstop flight.
A convenience store in parts of Europe, open 24 hours a day.
A linguistic sound that is not a stop; a continuant.

adjective

Without stopping; without interruption or break.“There's a nonstop flight to Mauritius, but I'm not sitting on the same plane for thirteen hours.”
Describing a point mutation within a stop codon that causes the continued translation of an mRNA strand.

adverb

Without stopping; without interruption or break“He worked nonstop for fourteen hours yesterday, just so he could get today off.”

Related words

Synonyms

ceaselessly endlessly incessantly continuous uninterrupted direct round-the-clock around-the-clock day-and-night nonstop flight non-stop unabated continuously ever continued ongoing continuing unbroken

Associated

dfw allegiant lax wrestling turboprop jfk sql dulles twa boeing roh cayman

Rhymes

drop top crop plop taupe sop malaprop agitprop flop stop

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