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stopper
('st/A/p/@/r )

noun (n)

  • an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down(noun.communication)
    Synonym:
    show-stopper, showstopper
    source: wordnet30
  • a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply(noun.communication)
    Synonym:
    conversation stopper
    source: wordnet30
  • (bridge) a playing card with a value sufficiently high to insure taking a trick in a particular suit(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    If my partner has a spade stopper I can bid no trump.
    source: wordnet30
  • blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    plug, stopple
    source: wordnet30
  • One who stops, closes, shuts, or hinders; that which stops or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • close or secure with or as if with a stopper(verb.contact)
    Example:
    She stoppered the wine bottle.
    The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers.
    Synonym:
    stopple
    source: wordnet30
  • To close or secure with a stopper.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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