Stop

Stop may refer to:

Places

 * Stop, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in the United States
 * Stop (Rogatica), a village in Rogatica, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Facilities

 * Bus stop
 * Truck stop, a type of rest stop for truck drivers
 * Rail stop, colloquialism for a railway station

Film

 * Stop, a 1970 American film by Bill Gunn with Marlene Clark, Anna Aries, Edward Michael Bell
 * Stop, a 1972 French-Canadian film by Jean Beaudin


 * Stop!, a 2004 Hindi romantic film starring Dia Mirza
 * Stop (2015 film) South Korean-Japanese co-production directed by Kim Ki-duk

Music

 * Double stop, the act of playing two notes simultaneously
 * Organ stop, a component of a pipe organ
 * Stop (Stockhausen), a composition for orchestra by Karlheinz Stockhausen

Albums

 * Stop (Don Lanphere album), and the title song, 1983
 * Stop (Eric Burdon Band album), and the title song, 1975
 * Stop (Franco De Vita album), 2004
 * Stop (Plain White T's album), and the title song, 2001
 * Stop! (album), by Sam Brown, and the title song, 1988

Songs

 * "Stop!" (Against Me! song)
 * "Stop" (Bang song)
 * "Stop!" (Jane's Addiction song)
 * "Stop" (Omar Naber song), the Slovene entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
 * "Stop" (Pink Floyd song)
 * "Stop" (Ryan Adams song)
 * "Stop!" (Sam Brown song)
 * "Stop" (Sibel Redžep song)
 * "Stop" (Spice Girls song)
 * "Stop" (Stefanie Heinzmann song), recorded in 2009
 * "Stop! In the Name of Love", a song by the Supremes
 * "Stop", by AJ Mitchell
 * "Stop", by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club from Take Them On, On Your Own
 * "Stop", by Clyde McPhatter, B-side of the single "The Best Man Cried"
 * "Stop", by Dope from Life
 * "Stop", by Fitz and the Tantrums from All the Feels
 * "Stop", by En Vogue from Soul Flower
 * "Stop!", by Erasure from Crackers International
 * "Stop", by Girls Aloud from Sound of the Underground
 * "Stop", by J-Hope from Jack in the Box
 * "Stop", by James Gang from Yer' Album
 * "Stop", by the Linda Lindas from No Obligation
 * "Stop", by Matchbox Twenty from Mad Season
 * "Stop", by Mega City Four from Sebastopol Rd.
 * "Stop", by No Angels from Welcome to the Dance
 * "Stop", by Stefanie Heinzmann from Roots to Grow
 * "Stop", by Twin Sister from "In Heaven"
 * "(Stop)", by the Lottery Winners from Anxiety Replacement Therapy
 * "S.T.O.P.", by David Guetta from Listen

Medicine and anatomy

 * Stop (dog), a part of a dog's skull
 * Stop codon, a type of RNA molecule in genetic code
 * STOP protein, a protein in animals
 * Surgical termination of pregnancy, a type of abortion

Linguistics

 * Stop consonant, a type of consonant in which you block the flow of air for a moment and suddenly release it. Also known as a plosive or an occlusive.

Optics and photography

 * Stop, the difference of a power of 2 in the context of exposure value
 * F-stops, a unit of measure of aperture
 * Stop bath, a chemical used in film processing

Arrestation devices

 * Door stop
 * Petzl Stop, a descender used in caving
 * Train stop, a train protection device

Halting

 * Stop sign, a traffic signal
 * Full stop (full point, period), a punctuation mark
 * STOP, used to replace that symbol in telegraphs, as Morse code has no method to produce it (sometimes STOP was used for a comma and FULL STOP for the period).
 * Stop error, a computer error screen
 * Terry stop, a brief police detention in the United States

Other uses

 * Safe Tables Our Priority, a food safety organization
 * Secure Trusted Operating Program, a computer operating system
 * Stop, a futuristic display typeface by Aldo Novarese
 * Stop squark, in quantum physics, a supersymmetric squark which is the superpartner of the top quark
 * Society of Teachers Opposed to Physical Punishment, an organisation based in the United Kingdom
 * Strategic Operations, a military, police, and medical training company in San Diego
 * Stop or stopper, a specific type of card holding in one suit in the game of contract bridge (see: Glossary of contract bridge terms)