full stop

noun

chiefly British

: a point . used to show the end of a sentence or an abbreviation : period sense 5a

… the full stop after the roman numeral …

—Eric Korn

He found that a full stop expressed his feelings too violently, and wrote the letter again, for the fifth time …

—Anthony Trollope

… ordered the initials 'F. C. W. K.,' with the customary untrained grape-vine-looking flourishes, and a large full stop, to be engraved forthwith.

—Charles Dickens

—used interjectionally to emphasize the finality of the preceding statement

… when it comes to parenting she's the boss, full stop.

—Pamela Druckerman

Examples of full stop in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the Olympics, didn’t want women to play in sports, full stop. —Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 1 Aug. 2024

Thanks to the newcomer’s fearlessness and ferocity, Ripley would end up becoming not just one of the greatest female movie heroes of the decade but one of the greatest heroes in cinema, full stop. —Chris Nashawaty, WIRED, 30 July 2024

Avocado This is our favorite organic mattress, full stop. —Nena Farrell, WIRED, 29 June 2024

Jim Citrin, head of Spencer Stuart’s North American CEO practice and one of the study’s authors, says boards ought to stop using age as a marker of capability—full stop. —Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 28 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1643, in the meaning defined above