stopper
[stop-er]
- a person or thing that stops.
- a plug, cork, bung, or other piece for closing a bottle, tube, drain, or the like.
- Informal. something or someone that commands attention, as an unusual window display or a flamboyant person.
- Cards. a card in a suit that prevents the successive taking of all tricks in the suit by the opponents.
- 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.
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- to close, secure, or fit with a stopper.
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Origin of stopper
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Historical Examples of stopper
Hurriedly I shot out the remainder of the stopper of straw, and crept from the hole.
Ranald Bannerman's BoyhoodGeorge MacDonald
"Yes, but don't let's have a stopper over all, Tom," replied his father.
He took the stopper out of the decanter and deliberately raised it to his nostrils.
The MissionaryGeorge Griffith
She pulled aside the "stopper" of newspaper and thrust in the stick.
Ruth Fielding and the GypsiesAlice B. Emerson
(1 )Turn the stopper through at least one revolution in each direction.
On Laboratory ArtsRichard Threlfall
stopper
- Also: stopple (ˈstɒpəl) a plug or bung for closing a bottle, pipe, duct, etc
- a person or thing that stops or puts an end to something
- bridge another name for stop (def. 39)
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- Also: stopple (tr) to close or fit with a stopper
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Word Origin and History for stopper
"glass plug for a bottle neck," 1660s, agent noun from stop (v.).
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