stopper Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down
    showstopper; show-stopper.
  2. noun a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply
    conversation stopper.
  3. noun (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
  4. noun blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
    plug; stopple.
  5. verb close or secure with or as if with a stopper
    stopple.
    • She stoppered the wine bottle
    • The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers

WordNet

Stop"per noun
Definitions
  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.
Stop"per transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Stoppered ; present participle & verbal noun Stoppering
Definitions
  1. To close or secure with a stopper.

Webster 1913