'Stopper' definitions:
Definition of 'stopper'
From: WordNet
noun
An act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down [syn: show- stopper, showstopper, stopper]
noun
A remark to which there is no polite conversational reply [syn: conversation stopper, stopper]
noun
(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"
noun
verb
Close or secure with or as if with a stopper; "She stoppered the wine bottle"; "The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers" [syn: stopper, stopple]
Definition of 'Stopper'
From: 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]
Definition of 'Stopper'
From: GCIDE
- Stopper \Stop"per\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stoppered; p. pr. & vb. n. Stoppering.] To close or secure with a stopper. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'stopper'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bar,
- bind,
- block,
- block up,
- blockade,
- bonnet,
- bung,
- cap,
- caulk,
- ceil,
- check valve,
- chink,
- choke,
- choke off,
- choke up,
- clincher,
- clog,
- clog up,
- close,
- cock,
- coif,
- congest,
- constipate,
- cork,
- cover,
- crown,
- crusher,
- dam,
- dam up,
- death stroke,
- deathblow,
- dome,
- end-all,
- ender,
- faucet,
- fill,
- fill up,
- final stroke,
- finisher,
- finishing stroke,
- foul,
- hat,
- hood,
- jam,
- kayo,
- kayo punch,
- knockout,
- knockout blow,
- KO,
- last dab,
- lid,
- obstipate,
- obstruct,
- occlude,
- operculum,
- pack,
- peg,
- pin,
- plug,
- plug up,
- quietus,
- roof,
- roof in,
- sea cock,
- settler,
- sockdolager,
- spigot,
- spike,
- spile,
- spill,
- stanch,
- stay,
- stench,
- stop,
- stop up,
- stopgap,
- stopple,
- stuff,
- stuff up,
- tap,
- tip,
- top,
- valve