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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



... the bottle, carefully guarded by a glass stopper tied over with leather. The preparation which it contained was, as I had anticipated, the common Tincture of Opium. Finding the bottle still well filled, I have resolved to use it, in preference to employing either of the two preparations with which ...
— The Moonstone • Wilkie Collins

... to her. A calmness had come over her, a calmness of indignation. Auntie gave the bottom of the tub a hurried cleaning, adjusted the faucet to a tepid flow, dropped in the stopper, and sat down on the edge of the porcelain as the water rose within. "I'm going to give you a bath," she announced to Dolly, who stood ...
— The Trimming of Goosie • James Hopper

... depilatory is in use, which we subjoin, but which requires great care in employing, as the ingredients are likely to injure the skin if applied too frequently, or suffered to remain on too long: mix with one ounce of quick-lime, one ounce of orpiment; put the powder in a bottle with a glass stopper; when required for use, mix it into a paste with barley-water; apply this over the part, and let it remain some minutes, then gently take it off with a silver knife, and the hairs will be found perfectly removed; the part should then be fomented to prevent any of ...
— The Jewish Manual • Judith Cohen Montefiore

... that's so," he agreed reluctantly. "Oh damn it all," he burst out, "have a drink!" and going back to the table he pounded in the stopper of a ...
— The Shadow of the East • E. M. Hull

... we were at a very noble fish dinner, pointing to a little, long, sharp-headed fish, said the echeneis (ship-stopper) was like that, for he had often seen it as he sailed in the Sicilian sea, and wondered at its strange force; for it stopped the ship when under full sail, till one of the seamen perceived it sticking to the outside of the ship, and took it off. Some laughed at Chaeremonianus ...
— Essays and Miscellanies - The Complete Works Volume 3 • Plutarch


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