verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ɪˈstɒp/
rhymes with -ɒp
1
verb
Meaning 1
To impede or bar by estoppel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
Examples
2020: "Nancy Pelosi Should Take All the Time She Needs to Submit Articles of Impeachment" by Philip Bobbitt, Slate.com Finally, new evidence—emails surrounding the decision to withhold appropriated military assistance from Ukraine—has come out since the vote. Is anyone suggesting that the House managers be estopped from presenting this evidence?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
To stop up; to plug.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stanch, stopple
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English estoppen (“to prevent (conception)”), from Anglo-Norman and Old French estoper, from a Late Latin stuppō.
