stop dead

To immediately or suddenly come to a complete halt. I don't know what happened. The engine was running fine a second ago, but then it just stopped dead! Both of us stopped dead when we heard the gunshot in the distance.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Odilia	-	Ancient Germanic
Dagon	-	Near Eastern Mythology
Akiva	ah-KEE-vah	Hebrew
Zdravka	-	Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Alojzij	-	Slovene
Fox	[fɔks]