stop-go adjective 1noun 1forms 2 adjective1 •Alternately active and inactive; intermittent.We are suffering the consequences of three years of a stop-go economic policy. noun1 •An economic policy of this kind.[…] the concern with increasing economic growth led to charges that stop-go was inhibiting investment and hence slowing the expansion of the economy. — 2014 formsmore stop-go · most stop-go