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show-stopping

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show-stop⋅per

[shoh-stop-er]
–noun
1. Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
2. a spectacularly arresting or appealing person or thing: This bright plaid suit is a real show-stopper.
Also, showstopper.


Origin:
1945–50


show-stopping, showstopping, adjective
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