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double stop

 
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–noun Music.
two or more notes bowed simultaneously on a stringed instrument, as the violin.
Origin:
1875–80
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dou⋅ble-stop

  [duhb-uhl-stop] verb, -stopped, -stop⋅ping. Music.
–verb (used with object)
1. to play a double stop on (a stringed instrument).
–verb (used without object)
2. to play a double stop.
Origin:
1875–80
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dou·ble-stop   (dŭb'əl-stŏp')
tr.v.   dou·ble-stopped, dou·ble-stop·ping, dou·ble-stops
To produce two tones simultaneously on (a stringed instrument) by stopping two strings with one hand while bowing them with the other.
n.   also double stop

  1. The two tones so produced.

  2. The notes indicating these tones.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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