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Stopper   /stˈɑpər/   Listen
Stopper

noun
1.
An act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down.  Synonyms: show-stopper, showstopper.
2.
A remark to which there is no polite conversational reply.  Synonym: conversation stopper.
3.
(bridge) a playing card with a value sufficiently high to insure taking a trick in a particular suit.
4.
Blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly.  Synonyms: plug, stopple.
verb
(past & past part. stoppered; pres. part. stoppering)
1.
Close or secure with or as if with a stopper.  Synonym: stopple.  "The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers"



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"Stopper" Quotes from Famous Books



... stiff were his fingers that he was unable to unbuckle the strap which fastened it; but, drawing his dagger, he at last cut through this, and removing the stopper of the flask, took a long draught of the wine with which it was filled. The relief which it afforded him was almost instantaneous, and he seemed to feel life ...
— The Lion of the North • G.A. Henty
... he carried it to his table, put it down, and went to a corner-cupboard. Thence he brought a small stoppered phial. He gave it a little shake, and took out the stopper. It was followed by a dense white fume. With the stopper he touched the horse underneath, and looked closely at the spot. He then replaced the stopper and the bottle, and stood by the cupboard, gazing at nothing for a moment. ...
— Warlock o' Glenwarlock • George MacDonald
... exasperating that twenty-five people of your acquaintance should be able to say straight off something very much to the point about being in Greece, while for yourself there is a stopper upon all emotions whatsoever. For after washing at the hotel at Patras, Jacob had followed the tram lines a mile or so out; and followed them a mile or so back; he had met several droves of turkeys; ...
— Jacob's Room • Virginia Woolf
... "Clap a stopper on your jaw-tackle, will you?" cried Ringbolt, the sailor on the other side of him. "You'll be getting us ...
— White Jacket - or, the World on a Man-of-War • Herman Melville
... unbroken, and I picked it up. Outside was written "Sulphuric Acid. Fort." When I drew the round glass stopper, a thick fume rose slowly up, and a pungent, choking smell pervaded the room. I recognized it as one which I kept for chemical testing in my chambers. But why had I brought a bottle of vitriol into Agatha's chamber? Was it not this thick, reeking liquid with which jealous women had been known ...
— The Parasite • Arthur Conan Doyle


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