Stop-start

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Intermittent; starting and stopping with regularity.

    "It was Van Persie's only opportunity during a stop-start match in which Theo Walcott, Gervinho and Aaron Ramsey squandered chances to open the scoring."

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"It was Van Persie's only opportunity during a stop-start match in which Theo Walcott, Gervinho and Aaron Ramsey squandered chances to open the scoring."

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