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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Alternately proceeding and halting.

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Examples

  • Bradykinesia is associated with muscle weakness and fatigue; muscle rigidity of the neck, trunk, and extremities; and cogwheeling a delayed sign in which the examiner, as he flexes and extends the patient’s arm at the elbow, feels the arm move in short, stop-and-go arcs, as if periodically stopped by the gears of a wheel.

    The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993

  • Around-town, stop-and-go traffic is where the Volt shines, sluicing effortlessly to speed on a hushed carrier wave of electrons.

    Chevrolet Volt: A Win for the Home Team Dan Neil 2010

  • Economic integration proceeded in uneven, stop-and-go steps.

    Doubts Arise in Euro's Birthplace Christopher Rhoads 2011

  • Plus, there's the loading and unloading time, and the stop-and-go traffic.

    Metro track work on Blue, Orange lines scheduled on two busy fall weekends Robert Thomson 2010

  • However, the Odyssey and other large, heavy vehicles can be disappointing if you do a lot of driving in town or in stop-and-go conditions.

    Porsche Problem 2011

  • Wieck Around-town, stop-and-go traffic is where the Volt shines, sluicing effortlessly to speed on a hushed carrier wave of electrons.

    Chevrolet Volt: A Win for the Home Team 2010

  • It's a stop-and-go drive with the air-conditioning on full-blast as cars, delivery trucks, buses and motorbikes jostle and honk along narrow roads built in the 1980s, when Bali was still mainly a backpacker and budget destination.

    Trouble in Paradise Joe Cochrane 2011

  • A: Commuter miles are generally easier on a car than stop-and-go driving on short errands.

    Matching the 1996 Honda Odyssey Jonathan Welsh 2010

  • Bengals 10 Texans 24, 1:08 3rd quarter Two plays later Pacman Jones is back on the field, but he might wish he wasn't, the cornerback biting hard on Andre Johnson's first move on a stop-and-go route, then watching as the receiver sprints past him down the left sideline to take the deep ball from Yates and stride into the endzone for a 40-yard touchdown.

    Cincinnati Bengals 10 Houston Texans 31 - as it happened | Paolo Bandini 2012

  • Howard has had a stop-and-go season because of his surgically repaired left knee, and the hamstring was his latest setback.

    Josh Howard returns to practice 2011

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