Dictionary Entry
interrupt
interrupt is a 9-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To break into, or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of; to interfere with the current or motion of; to cause a temporary cessation of; as, to interrupt the remarks speaking. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To break into, or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of; to interfere with the current or motion of; to cause a temporary cessation of; as, to interrupt the remarks speaking.
- 2transitive verb
To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of; as, the evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill.
- 3participial adjective
Broken; interrupted.
- 4noun
a signal that temporarily stops the execution of a program so that another procedure can be carried out
- 5verb
terminate
"She interrupted her pregnancy"
"break a lucky streak"
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- 6verb
destroy the peace or tranquility of
"Don't interrupt me when I'm reading"
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- 7verb
interfere in someone else's activity
"Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone"
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- 8verb
make a break in
"We interrupt the program for the following messages"
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