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
Theda	-	German
Pridon	-	Georgian
Toribio	to-REE-byo	Spanish
Marylou	mer-ee-LOO, mar-ee-LOO	English
Vito	VEE-to (Italian), BEE-to (Spanish)	Italian, Spanish
Aliyah (2)	-	Hebrew