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stopper
Found in thesaurus: closure, blockage, occlusion, stop, stoppage, block, turn, bit, number, act, routine, remark, comment, playing card, secure, stop up, plug
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stopper
n.
person or thing that stops; device which closes an opening, plug, cork
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Stopper
Stopper may refer to:
- Bung, a plug used to stop the opening of a container
- Plug (sanitation), used to stop a drainage outlet
- Defender (association football), in soccer (association football)
- Milkor 37/38mm and 40mm Stopper, a gun
- Alternative name for a whitewater hole, in whitewater kayaking
- Stopper, in the game of bridge
- Stopper, in baseball, a key starting or relief pitcher
- Slang for stopwatch, a handheld timepiece designed to measure the amount of time
- Stopper knot, a type of a knot at the end of the rope
- Stopper, a common name for some plant species in the genus Eugenia
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stopper
Noun
1. blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
(synonym) plug, stopple
(hypernym) blockage, block, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage
(hyponym) bung, spile
(derivation) barricade, block, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar
2. an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down
(synonym) show-stopper, showstopper
(hypernym) act, routine, number, turn, bit
3. a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply
(synonym) conversation stopper
(hypernym) remark, comment
4. (bridge) a playing card with a value sufficiently high to insure taking a trick in a particular suit; "if my partner has a spade stopper I can bid no trump"
(hypernym) playing card
(classification) bridge
Verb
1. close or secure with or as if with a stopper; "She stoppered the wine bottle"; "The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers"
(synonym) stopple
(hypernym) plug, stop up, secure
(derivation) plug, stopple
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Stopper (der)
nm.
(Baseball) shortstop, player stationed in the infield between second and third base; stopwatch, chronometer, watch used for measuring time
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stopper
v.
bring to halt, stop, pull up
