Stop
Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.
Zip
Zip verb - To fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound.
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In a host segment of The Bugs Bunny Show, Bugs demonstrates a cartoon "zip" out of and into a scene (complete with vibration to a stop upon entering), the zip-out in regular speed and in slow motion.
Source: Western Animation / Looney Tunes -
They steal the ball from you, zip pass your team as soon as you kick off, and score a free goal as Endou suddenly forgets to use his skill to stop those shots.
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Cool Starship: The Inheritors zip around in gravity and inertia defying craft, capable of absurd span, with onboard telepathic weapons and unbreakable Deflector Shields that can even stop you from spanning through them.
Source: Tabletop Game / Continuum
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Zip and Stop. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/stop/zip
Stop & Zip. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/stop/zip>.
Zip or Stop. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/stop/zip.
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