stopper
Use Stopper in a sentence
ər 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.
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| —n | |
| 1. | Also: stopple a plug or bung for closing a bottle, pipe, duct, etc |
| 2. | a person or thing that stops or puts an end to something |
| 3. | bridge another name for stop |
| —vb | |
| 4. | (tr) Also: stopple to close or fit with a stopper |
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Example sentences
Her smile is still a show- stopper, but she has crow's-feet now and a short, sensible permanent.
The stopper is half the length of the typical cork and comes out easily.
With a gag in his mouth and a stopper in his rectum he would be given periodic beatings with rubber poles.
Now he's also known as a crime stopper with a champion bear hug.
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