stopper

Plural: stoppers

Noun

• an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down
• a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply
• (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"
• blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
• Someone or something that stops something.
• A type of knot at the end of a rope, to prevent it from unravelling.
• A bung or cork.
• Goalkeeper.
• In the commodity futures market, someone who is long (owns) a futures contract and is demanding delivery because they want to take possession of the deliverable commodity.
• A train that calls at all or almost all stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.
• Any of several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies.
• A short rope for making something fast.
• A playspot where water flows back on itself, creating a retentive feature.

Verb

Verb Forms: stoppered, stoppering, stoppers

• To plug or close an opening with a stopper.
• close or secure with or as if with a stopper
  • "She stoppered the wine bottle"
  • "The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers"
• To close a container by using a stopper.

Examples

• Cattle futures: spillover momentum plus evidence of a strong stopper (i.e., 96 loads demanded) should kick the opening higher.
• He tightly stoppered the decanter, thinking the expensive liqueur had been evaporating.
• He tried to STOPPER the open lines on the Scrabble board, preventing his opponent’s bingos.
• He's the number one stopper in the country.
• Put a stopper in the knot.
• The diaphragmatic spasm of his hiccup caused his epiglottis to painfully stopper his windpipe with a loud "hic".
• We need a stopper or the boat will sink.

Synonyms

conversation stopper, plug, show-stopper, showstopper, stopple, local, stopping train

Antonyms

express, fast

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