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Verb
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third-person singular simple present stockt, past tense stockte, past participle gestockt, auxiliary haben
  1. to stop
  2. to stagnate
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Example

Als er in seinen Wagen zurückgekehrt war, rief er sich unablässig alle Stellungen, in denen er sie gesehen hatte, und jedes ihrer Worte ins Gedächtnis zurück, und vor seinem geistigen Auge zogen Bilder einer ihm als möglich erscheinenden Zukunft vorüber, Bilder von einem verlockenden Reiz, der ihm das Herz stocken ließ.When he returned to the train, he kept recalling all the positions in which he had seen her, and all her words; and in his imagination, causing his heart to stand still, floated pictures of a possible future.OP623558
Aber da er sich nun einmal dazu entschlossen hatte, fuhr er mit seiner dünnen, schrillen Stimme fort, ohne Verlegenheit, ohne zu stocken, mit besonderer Betonung einzelner Worte.Karenin sighed, collecting his courage, but having once made up his mind he went on in his squeaky voice without timidity or hesitation, emphasizing a word here and there.OP771318
Einmal hatte er dreitausend Verse hergesagt, ohne zu stocken.He once recited three thousand verses without stopping; but the strain upon his mental faculties was too great, and he was little better than an idiot from that day forth--a grievous misfortune for the school, for on great occasions, before company, the superintendent ( as Tom expressed it ) had always made this boy come out and " spread himself."OP1029892
So plauderten sie noch 'ne Weile; aber plötzlich begann das Gespräch zu stocken, und dann hörte es ganz auf.And when we tell ' em we learned when we was off pirating, won 't they wish they 'd been along?"OP1061168