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stop⋅per

  [stop-er]
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–noun
1. a person or thing that stops.
2. a plug, cork, bung, or other piece for closing a bottle, tube, drain, or the like.
3. Informal. something or someone that commands attention, as an unusual window display or a flamboyant person.
4. Cards. a card in a suit that prevents the successive taking of all tricks in the suit by the opponents.
5. Baseball Slang. a formidably and consistently effective pitcher counted on to win, as a team's best starting pitcher or a superior reliever often called on to preserve a victory; pitching ace.
–verb (used with object)
6. to close, secure, or fit with a stopper.
Origin:
1470–80; stop + -er 1

Related forms:
stop⋅per⋅less, adjective
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stop·per   (stŏp'ər)   
n.  
  1. A device, such as a cork or plug, that is inserted to close an opening.
  2. One that causes something to stop: a conversation stopper.
  3. Baseball A relief pitcher, especially one called upon to protect a lead.
  4. Sports
    1. A player who excels on defense, as in basketball.
    2. In soccer, a defensive player who plays behind the center midfielder and often guards the opponent's best forward.
    3. A goalie.
  5. Games A card or cards preventing one's opponents from winning all the tricks in a particular suit in a hand of bridge.
tr.v.   stop·pered, stop·per·ing, stop·pers
To close with or as if with a stopper.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Stopper

Stop"per\, 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. --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.

Ring stopper (Naut.), a short rope or chain passing through the anchor ring, to secure the anchor to the cathead.

Stopper bolt (Naut.), a large ringbolt in a ship's deck, to which the deck stoppers are hooked.

Stopper

Stop"per\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stoppered; p. pr. & vb. n. Stoppering.] To close or secure with a stopper.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : stopper
Spanish: tapón,
German: der Stöpsel,
Japanese: 栓
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