| n. | 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. | |||||||
| 3. | (Bot.) A name to several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies;
| |||||||
| v. t. | 1. | To close or secure with a stopper. | ||||||
| Noun | 1. | stopper - blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly |
| 2. | stopper - an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down Synonyms: show-stopper, showstopper | |
| 3. | stopper - a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply Synonyms: conversation stopper | |
| 4. | stopper - (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" | |
| Verb | 1. | stopper - close or secure with or as if with a stopper; "She stoppered the wine bottle"; "The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers" Synonyms: stopple |