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
Cenk	JENK	Turkish
DÖMÖTÖR	-	Hungarian
Cornelio	kor-NE-lyo	Spanish, Italian
AÑUli	-	Western African, Igbo
Angerona	an-jə-RON-ə (English)	Roman Mythology
Somerled	-	Scottish