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
Shirley	SHUR-lee	English
Viraj	-	Indian, Marathi, Gujarati
Bedisa	-	Georgian
Elyzabeth	i-LIZ-ə-bəth	English (Rare)
Carlo	KAHR-lo	Italian
Judie	['dʒu:di]