What is "stopper" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does stopper mean in English? Meaning of stopper definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "stopper" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "stopper": an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down

Noun

  • Meaning: an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down
  • Synonyms: show-stopper showstopper stopper
  • Hypernyms: act bit number routine turn
  • Meaning of "stopper": close or secure with or as if with a stopper

    Verb

  • Meaning: close or secure with or as if with a stopper
  • Example: She stoppered the wine bottle The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers
  • Synonyms: stopper stopple
  • Hypernyms: plug secure stop up
  • Meaning of "stopper": a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply

    Noun

  • Meaning: a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply
  • Synonyms: conversation stopper stopper
  • Hypernyms: comment input remark
  • Meaning of "stopper": (bridge) a playing card with a value sufficiently high to insure taking a trick in a particular suit

    Noun

  • Meaning: (bridge) a playing card with a value sufficiently high to insure taking a trick in a particular suit
  • Example: if my partner has a spade stopper I can bid no trump
  • Synonyms: stopper
  • Hypernyms: playing card
  • Meaning of "stopper": blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly

    Noun

  • Meaning: blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
  • Synonyms: plug stopper stopple
  • Hyponyms: bottle cork bung cork drainplug earplug fipple spigot spile tampion tampon tap tompion
  • Hypernyms: block blockage closure occlusion stop stoppage
  • Synonyms:

    lid, wad, cork, fill, bung, stopple,

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