stopper

Nouns

  • (n) an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down showstopper, show-stopper,
  • (n) a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply conversation stopper,
  • (n) (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
  • (n) blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly plug, stopple,

Verbs

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

Synonyms

stopple showstopper show-stopper conversation stopper plug

Words of close approximity

stopped
stopped stopple
stoppered stopper knot