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
Pietro	PYE-tro	Italian
Jani	YAH-nee (Finnish)	Finnish, Hungarian
Edmond	-	French
Lidia	LEED-yah (Polish), LEE-dyah (Italian), LEE-dhyah (Spanish)	Polish, Italian, Spanish, Romanian
Hildegard	HIL-de-gahrt (German)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Ancient Germanic
Jarkko	YAHRK-ko	Finnish