stopper
UK/ˈstɒp.ə/
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Australia/ˈstɔp.ə/
stopper noun: someone or something that stops something.
Noun
stopper (plural stoppers)
- Someone or something that stops something.
- “It just shows you what women are like. A frightful sex, Bertie. There ought to be a law. I hope to live to see the day when women are no longer allowed.” “That would rather put a stopper on keeping the human race going, wouldn't it?” “Well, who wants to keep the human race going?”1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter IX
- Often, in our conversations we encourage people to talk, or we manage to stop them. This can happen without our even thinking about it. Following is a list of conversation starters and stoppers.2000, Carole B. Cox, Empowering Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, page 28
- A type of knot at the end of a rope, to prevent it from unravelling.
- Put a stopper in the knot.
- A bung or cork.
- We need a stopper or the boat will sink.
- Synonyms:
- plug
- Goalkeeper.
- He's the number one stopper in the country.
- And just before the interval, Kolarov, who was having one of his better games in a City shirt, fizzed in a cracker from 30 yards which the Wolves stopper unconvincingly pushed behind for a corner.2011 January 15, Saj Chowdhury, “Man City 4 - 3 Wolves”, in BBC
- In the commodity futures market, someone who is long (owns) a futures contract and is demanding delivery because they want to take possession of the deliverable commodity.
- Cattle futures: spillover momentum plus evidence of a strong stopper (i.e., 96 loads demanded) should kick the opening higher.
- A train that calls at all or almost all stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.
- The local train was empty at midday. She changed at Yatton and caught a stopper into Bristol. There was an express calling at Exeter which left Bristol at twelve-forty-five and she caught it by the skin of her teeth.1996, Susan Sallis, Touched by Angels, Random House, page 300
- Changing times at Barnham on December 8 2022. Southern 313211 is an all-stations stopper.2023 February 22, Howard Johnston, “Southern '313s': is the end now in sight?”, in RAIL, number 977, page 39, photo caption
- Any of several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies.
- Red Stopper. Leaves ovate-oblong, contracted at the apex into long points, coriaceous. Eugenia Garber1890, Charles Sprague Sargent, The Silva of North America: A Description of the Trees which Grow Naturally in North America Exclusive of Mexico
- A short rope for making something fast.
- A playspot where water flows back on itself, creating a retentive feature.
Verb
stopper (third-person singular simple present stoppers, present participle stoppering, simple past and past participle stoppered)
stopper meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
stopper in Hindi
- bung or cork
- ढक्कन ḍhakkan
stopper in Tamil
- அடைப்பான், அடைப்பு, மூடி
stopper in Marathi
- थांबणारा
stopper in Urdu
- ڈاٹ
More languagesFewer languages
- stopper in Bengali
- ছিপি, ছিপি আঁটার বস্তু
- stopper in Telugu
- స్టాపర్
- stopper in Malayalam
- കോർക്കടപ്പ്, ആപ്പ്, തുറുപ്പുചീട്ട്, മൂടി
- stopper in Kannada
- ಬಿರಡೆ, ಕಾರ್ಕು, ಮುಚ್ಚಳ
- stopper in Punjabi
- ਸਟਾਪਰ, ਸਟੌਪਰ, ਰੁਕਣ ਵਾਲਾ
- stopper in Gujarati
- સ્ટોપર, રોકનાર
- stopper in Odia
- ଷ୍ଟପର୍, ଷ୍ଟପର, ଷ୍ଟାପର
- stopper in Nepali
- स्टपर
- stopper in Tagalog
- sumpal
Examples of stopper in a sentence
- A tubulated bottle has a stoppered opening for the introduction or removal of materials.
- It's masterfully constructed with beer stoppers, duct tape, a tobacco can, and a few pieces of wood.
- It was one of those smiles, a real traffic stopper.
Synonyms of stopper
Antonyms
Forms of stopper
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | stoppers |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | stoppers |
| present participle | stoppering |
| past participle | stoppered |
| past | stoppered |
Origin of stopper
From stop + -er.
Words formed from stopper
- restopper
- stopperless
- unstopper
- 11 Bulletstopper
- barbecue stopper
- bottle stopper
- channel stopper
- conversation stopper
- crimestopper
- doorstopper
- gobstopper
- heartstopper
- jobstopper
- manstopper
- oysterman's stopper
- puckstopper
- put a stopper to
- ring stopper
- shelf stopper
- shot stopper
- showstopper
- stopper bolt
- stopper cover
- stopper knot
- Ashley's stopper knot
- tobacco-stopper
- traffic stopper
- wine stopper
Phrases with stopper
Words that rhyme with stopper
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Questions about stopper
- What does stopper mean?
- Stopper means someone or something that stops something.
- What is stopper in Hindi?
- Stopper in Hindi is ढक्कन (ḍhakkan). See Stopper meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is stopper?
- Stopper can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce stopper?
- Stopper is pronounced /ˈstɒp.ə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of stopper?
- The plural of stopper is stoppers.
Words near stopper in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: stopper (page history and authors); stopper (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); stopper (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stopper (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); stopper (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); stopper (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stopper (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); stopper (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); stopper (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stopper (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stopper (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stopper (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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