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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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non·stop   (nŏn'stŏp')   
adj.  
  1. Made or done without stops: a nonstop flight.

  2. Unceasing; unremitting: nonstop criticism.

non'stop' adv.
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