Definition of "stop-and-go" []

• Alternately proceeding and halting: stop-and-go traffic. (adjective)

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• "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."
• "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."
• "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."