STOPPER
Dictionary entry overview: What does stopper mean?
• STOPPER (noun)
The noun STOPPER has 4 senses:
1. blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
2. an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down
3. a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply
4. (bridge) a playing card with a value sufficiently high to insure taking a trick in a particular suit
Familiarity information: STOPPER used as a noun is uncommon.
• STOPPER (verb)
The verb STOPPER has 1 sense:
1. close or secure with or as if with a stopper
Familiarity information: STOPPER used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• STOPPER (noun)
Meaning:
Blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
plug; stopper; stopple
Hypernyms ("stopper" is a kind of...):
block; blockage; closure; occlusion; stop; stoppage (an obstruction in a pipe or tube)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stopper"):
bung; spile (a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask)
bottle cork; cork (the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle))
drainplug (a removable plug for holding water in a tub or basin)
fipple (a wooden plug forming a flue pipe (as the mouthpiece of a recorder))
tampion; tompion (plug for the muzzle of a gun to keep out dust and moisture)
tampon (plug of cotton or other absorbent material; inserted into wound or body cavity to absorb exuded fluids (especially blood))
spigot; tap (a plug for a bunghole in a cask)
Meaning:
An act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
show-stopper; showstopper; stopper
Hypernyms ("stopper" is a kind of...):
act; bit; number; routine; turn (a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program)
Meaning:
A remark to which there is no polite conversational reply
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
conversation stopper; stopper
Hypernyms ("stopper" is a kind of...):
comment; remark (a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief)
Meaning:
(bridge) a playing card with a value sufficiently high to insure taking a trick in a particular suit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Context example:
if my partner has a spade stopper I can bid no trump
Hypernyms ("stopper" is a kind of...):
playing card (one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games)
Domain category:
bridge (any of various card games based on whist for four players)
• STOPPER (verb)
Meaning:
Close or secure with or as if with a stopper
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
stopper; stopple
Context examples:
She stoppered the wine bottle / The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers
Hypernyms (to "stopper" is one way to...):
plug; secure; stop up (fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
