stopper
[stop-er]
noun
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.
verb (used with object)
to close, secure, or fit with a stopper.
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
Afterwards use emery and water, and grind the stopper into the bottle.
On Laboratory ArtsRichard Threlfall
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