About The Word Stopper
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Stopper
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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. |
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