stopper
noun
1. an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down
Similar word(s): showstopper
Definition categories: communication, act, bit, number, routine, turn
2. a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply
Definition categories: communication, comment, input, remark
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
Definition categories: man–made
4. blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
Similar word(s): plug, stopple
Definition categories: man–made, block, blockage, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage
Sentences with stopper as a noun:
- Put a stopper in the knot.
- We need a stopper or the boat will sink.
- He's the number one stopper in the country.
- Cattle futures: spillover momentum plus evidence of a strong stopper (i.e., 96 loads demanded) should kick the opening higher.
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
Similar word(s): stopple
Definition categories: contact, plug, secure
Sentences with stopper as a verb:
- He tightly stoppered the decanter, thinking the expensive liqueur had been evaporating.
- The diaphragmatic spasm of his hiccup caused his epiglottis to painfully stopper his windpipe with a loud "hic".