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
Qadir	-	Arabic
Branden	BRAN-dən	English
Seraphina	-	English (Rare), German (Rare), Late Roman
Eskarne	-	Basque
Gunborg	-	Swedish
Donovan	-	Irish, English