dou·ble-stop

(dŭb′əl-stŏp′)

tr.v. dou·ble-stopped, dou·ble-stop·ping, dou·ble-stops

To produce two tones simultaneously on (a stringed instrument) by stopping two strings with one hand while bowing them with the other.

n. also double stop

1. The two tones so produced.

2. The notes indicating these tones.

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double-stop

vb, -stops, -stopping or -stopped

(Instruments) to play (two notes or parts) simultaneously on a violin or related instrument by drawing the bow over two strings

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

dou′ble stop′

two or more notes bowed simultaneously on a stringed instrument, as the violin.

[1875–80]

dou′ble-stop′

v. -stopped, -stop•ping. v.i.

1. to play a double stop.

v.t.

2. to play a double stop on (a stringed instrument).

[1875–80]

double-stop

Past participle: double-stopped
Gerund: double-stopping

Imperative
double-stop
double-stop

Present
I double-stop
you double-stop
he/she/it double-stops
we double-stop
you double-stop
they double-stop

Preterite
I double-stopped
you double-stopped
he/she/it double-stopped
we double-stopped
you double-stopped
they double-stopped

Present Continuous
I am double-stopping
you are double-stopping
he/she/it is double-stopping
we are double-stopping
you are double-stopping
they are double-stopping

Present Perfect
I have double-stopped
you have double-stopped
he/she/it has double-stopped
we have double-stopped
you have double-stopped
they have double-stopped

Past Continuous
I was double-stopping
you were double-stopping
he/she/it was double-stopping
we were double-stopping
you were double-stopping
they were double-stopping

Past Perfect
I had double-stopped
you had double-stopped
he/she/it had double-stopped
we had double-stopped
you had double-stopped
they had double-stopped

Future
I will double-stop
you will double-stop
he/she/it will double-stop
we will double-stop
you will double-stop
they will double-stop

Future Perfect
I will have double-stopped
you will have double-stopped
he/she/it will have double-stopped
we will have double-stopped
you will have double-stopped
they will have double-stopped

Future Continuous
I will be double-stopping
you will be double-stopping
he/she/it will be double-stopping
we will be double-stopping
you will be double-stopping
they will be double-stopping

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been double-stopping
you have been double-stopping
he/she/it has been double-stopping
we have been double-stopping
you have been double-stopping
they have been double-stopping

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been double-stopping
you will have been double-stopping
he/she/it will have been double-stopping
we will have been double-stopping
you will have been double-stopping
they will have been double-stopping

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been double-stopping
you had been double-stopping
he/she/it had been double-stopping
we had been double-stopping
you had been double-stopping
they had been double-stopping

Conditional
I would double-stop
you would double-stop
he/she/it would double-stop
we would double-stop
you would double-stop
they would double-stop

Past Conditional
I would have double-stopped
you would have double-stopped
he/she/it would have double-stopped
we would have double-stopped
you would have double-stopped
they would have double-stopped

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