Overview of noun stopper

The noun stopper has 4 senses

• show-stopper, showstopper, stopper -- (an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down)


• conversation stopper, stopper -- (a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply)


• 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")


• plug, stopper, stopple -- (blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly)

Overview of verb stopper

The verb stopper has 1 sense

• stopper, stopple -- (close or secure with or as if with a stopper; "She stoppered the wine bottle"; "The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers")