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stop-and-go
adjective as in intermittent
Strongest matches
adjective as in on-again, off-again
Weak matches
- alternate
- arrested
- broken
- by bits and pieces
- checked
- cyclic
- cyclical
- discontinuing
- discontinuous
- epochal
- every other
- fitful
- here and there
- hit-or-miss
- infrequent
- interrupted
- isochronal
- isochronous
- iterant
- iterative
- metrical
- now and then
- occasional
- on and off
- periodic
- periodical
- punctuated
- recurrent
- recurring
- rhythmic
- rhythmical
- seasonal
- serial
- shifting
- spasmodic
- sporadic
Example Sentences
We inched comfortably through stop-and-go Saturday afternoon traffic and made an impressive left turn ahead of two lanes of oncoming cars as I said my prayers in the passenger seat.
There was less traffic on the freeways and not as much stop-and-go on surface streets.
Whitaker will be the latest judge to oversee the stop-and-go trial, which has been rife with delays.
The June 10 meeting swiftly became a point of tension in the already stop-and-go trial.
Stop-and-go traffic tends to stretch for 2 to 3 miles approaching the work zones, but alternatives are available by exiting to Highway 599 in Tukwila, detouring to Interstate 405 through Renton and Bellevue, or climbing Highway 518 to find the northbound 509 turnoff in Burien.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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