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Stopper Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Stopper? [n] blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly [n] (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" [n] a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply [n] an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down [v] close or secure with or as if with a stopper; "She stoppered the wine bottle"; "The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Stopper: conversation stopper \| plug \| show-stopper \| stopple \| stopple Related Terms \| Find terms related to Stopper: See Also \| act \| bit \| block \| blockage \| bung \| closure \| comment \| cork \| drainplug \| fipple \| number \| occlusion \| playing card \| plug \| remark \| routine \| secure \| spigot \| spile \| stop \| stop up \| stoppage \| tampion \| tampon \| tap \| turn Stopper In Webster's Dictionary \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. 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. 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. {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. \Stop"per\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stoppered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stoppering}.] To close or secure with a stopper.

Stopper Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Stopper?

[n] blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
[n] (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"
[n] a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply
[n] an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down
[v] close or secure with or as if with a stopper; "She stoppered the wine bottle"; "The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers"

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Stopper In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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.

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.

{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.


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

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