pit stop

1. 1.

   a stop during an automobile trip for rest and refreshment

   Broaderstop
2. 2.

   a brief stop at a pit during an automobile race to take on fuel or service the car

   Broaderstop

Questions about pit stop

What does pit stop mean?

pit stop means "a stop during an automobile trip for rest and refreshment". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is pit stop a common word?

pit stop is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.