'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
Blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly [syn: plug, stopper, stopple]
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]