a pit stop

(mainly American informal)

a short stop that you make on a long car journey in order to rest, eat and go to the toilet Clean toilets and a nice place to eat are what drivers are looking for when they make a pit stop.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Luitpold	-	German
Thaleia	-	Greek Mythology
Jakob	YAH-kawp (German), YAH-kob (Danish)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Dutch, Slovene
Tau	-	Southern African, Tswana, Sotho
Nkechinyere	-	Western African, Igbo
Samantha	sə-MAN-thə (English)	English, Italian, Dutch