non·stop

[adj., adv. non-stop; n. non-stop]
adjective
1.
being without a single stop en route: a nonstop bus; a nonstop flight from New York to Paris.
2.
happening, done, or held without a stop or pause or without offering relief or respite: The ambassador faced a nonstop schedule of meetings and interviews during her visit.
adverb
3.
without a single stop en route.
4.
Informal. without a pause or interruption or without respite; continually: My back ached nonstop for three days.
noun
5.
a long-distance airline flight that makes no stops between the starting point and the destination.

Origin:
1900–05; non- + stop

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nonstop (ˈnɒnˈstɒp) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj, —adv
done without pause or interruption: a nonstop flight

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Example sentences
There would be days of parades, dancing, and nonstop music.
All the while, her other leg keeps whipping through the air nonstop.
At conferences, some of us talk nearly nonstop for days.
And my guess is the last time there was two weeks of nonstop civil disobedience
  may have been back in the civil rights movement.
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