stopper

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: show-stoppershowstopperconversation stopperplugstopple

WordNet 3.0

Noun (4)

  1. an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets downSynonyms: show-stoppershowstopper
  2. a remark to which there is no polite conversational replySynonyms: conversation stopper
  3. (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”
  4. blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightlySynonyms: plugstopple

Verb (1)

  1. close or secure with or as if with a stopper“She stoppered the wine bottle”“The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers”Synonyms: stopple
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Stopper \Stop"per\, n.

1.One who stops, closes, shuts, or hinders; that which stops or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel. [1913 Webster]

2.(Naut.) A short piece of rope having a knot at one or both ends, with a lanyard under the knot, -- used to secure something. --Totten. [1913 Webster]

3.(Bot.) A name to several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies; as, the red stopper. See Eugenia. --C. S. Sargent. [1913 Webster]

Ring stopper (Naut.), a short rope or chain passing through the anchor ring, to secure the anchor to the cathead.

Stopper bolt (Naut.), a large ringbolt in a ship's deck, to which the deck stoppers are hooked. [1913 Webster]

Stopper \Stop"per\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stoppered; p. pr. & vb. n. Stoppering.] To close or secure with a stopper. [1913 Webster]
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