"stop it" meaning in English

See stop it in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

Head templates: {{en-interjection}} stop it
  1. (colloquial) Synonym of shut up (“I don't believe it! no way!”) Tags: colloquial Synonyms: shut up [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-stop_it-en-intj-6V0ejczV Categories (other): English terms with placeholder "it" Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 61 39

Verb

Forms: stops it [present, singular, third-person], stopping it [participle, present], stopped it [participle, past], stopped it [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} stop it (third-person singular simple present stops it, present participle stopping it, simple past and past participle stopped it)
  1. (chiefly imperative) Tells the listener to stop doing something, often an annoying but harmless activity aimed at the speaker. Tags: imperative
    Sense id: en-stop_it-en-verb-V8Bou6oM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 83

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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