stopper

1 blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly [syn: plug, stopple]

2 an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down [syn: show-stopper, showstopper]

3 a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply [syn: conversation stopper]

4 (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" v : close or secure with or as if with a stopper; "She stoppered the wine bottle"; "The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers" [syn: stopple]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes with: -ɒpə(r)

Noun

1. A type of knot at the end of a rope, to prevent it from unravelling

   Put a stopper in the knot.

2. A bung or cork

   We need a stopper or the boat will sink.

3. slang soccer goalkeeper

   He's the number one stopper in the country.

4. In the context of "finance|slang": In the commodity futures market, someone who is long (owns) a futures contract and is demanding delivery because they want to take possession of the deliverable commodity.

   Cattle futures: spillover momentum plus evidence of a strong stopper (i.e., 96 loads demanded) should kick the opening higher.

5. a train that calls at all or almost all stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones

Synonyms

• italbrac-colon rail transport local

Antonyms

• italbrac-colon rail transport fast, express

Derived terms

• gobstopper

Verb

1. To close by using a stopper

Dutch

Pronunciation

• /'stɔpər/|lang=nl

Noun

1. stop (device to block path)

French

Pronunciation

• /stɔ.pe/
• /stO.pe/

Verb

stopper

1. To stop

   il faut stopper cette hostilité permanente

   This permanent hostility must be stopped.

Conjugation

The term stopper may refer to one of the following:

• Stopper (knot), a type of a knot at the end of the rope.
• Stopper (plug), also known as a cork, a plug or a bung used to temporarily seal a bottle opening.
• Stopper (football magazine).
• a center fullback in soccer. See Defender (football).
• The Milkor Stopper 37/38 mm riot gun.
• in whitewater kayaking, another name for holes. See Whitewater holes
• a term used in the game of bridge. See Contract bridge glossary.
• an illustrative information mini-bloc. See Stopper.ru or Стоппер (значения).

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