Stopper - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈstɑːpər|
Brit.
|ˈstɒpə|
noun
- an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down
- a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply
- (bridge) a playing card with a value sufficiently high to insure taking a trick in a particular suit
- a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply
- (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
- blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly (syn: plug, stopple)verb
- close or secure with or as if with a stopper (syn: stopple)
She stoppered the wine bottle
The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers
The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers
Extra examples
His comment was a conversation stopper.
He spent the first half in the unlikely role of a stopper on Paolo Rossi.
But that rejection is no stopper to my suit.
Stopper your jaw, Dick!
She stoppered the wine bottle
The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers
The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink
Word forms
noun
singular: stopper
plural: stoppers
singular: stopper
plural: stoppers
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