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.
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
dou′ble stop′ n. 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-stoppedGerund: double-stoppingImperative Present Preterite Present Continuous Present Perfect Past Continuous Past Perfect Future Future Perfect Future Continuous Present Perfect Continuous Future Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous Conditional Past Conditional 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