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
Aleksy	ahl-EK-si	Polish
Josie	['dʒəuzi]
Chinatsu	chee-nah-tsoo	Japanese
Mukta	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Ah	-	Chinese
Shipman	['ʃipmən]