noun
Meaning 1
Someone or something that stops something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
stopper
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈstɒp.ə/
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Australian: /ˈstɔp.ə/
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General-American: /ˈstɑ.pɚ/
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rhymes with -ɒpə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: S T AA1 P ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A type of knot at the end of a rope, to prevent it from unravelling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Put a stopper in the knot.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A bung or cork.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- We need a stopper or the boat will sink.
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Goalkeeper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports
Examples
- He's the number one stopper in the country.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Topics: business, finance
Examples
- Cattle futures: spillover momentum plus evidence of a strong stopper (i.e., 96 loads demanded) should kick the opening higher.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
A train that calls at all or almost all stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 7
Any of several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
A short rope for making something fast.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
A playspot where water flows back on itself, creating a retentive feature.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 10
To close a container by using a stopper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He tightly stoppered the decanter, thinking the expensive liqueur had been evaporating.
- The diaphragmatic spasm of his hiccup caused his epiglottis to painfully stopper his windpipe with a loud "hic".
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 11
blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: plug, stopple
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: blockage, block, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage
Narrower terms: bung, spile, cork, bottle cork, drainplug, earplug, fipple, tampion, tompion, tampon, tap, spigot
noun
Meaning 12
(bridge) a playing card with a value sufficiently high to insure taking a trick in a particular suit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- if my partner has a spade stopper I can bid no trump
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: playing card
noun
Meaning 13
a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: conversation stopper
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: remark, comment, input
noun
Meaning 14
an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: show-stopper, showstopper
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: act, routine, number, turn, bit
verb
Meaning 15
close or secure with or as if with a stopper
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She stoppered the wine bottle
- The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stopple
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: plug, stop up, secure
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English stop Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English stopper From stop + -er.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: päätesolmu — type of knot
- Finnish: stopperi — type of knot
- Hungarian: csomó — type of knot
- Polish: bloker — type of knot
- Turkish: koltuk — type of knot
- Bulgarian: тапа (tapa) — bung or cork
- Bulgarian: запушалка (zapušalka) — bung or cork
- Finnish: tulppa — bung or cork
- Galician: zapón — bung or cork
- Galician: rolla — bung or cork
- Galician: tapón — bung or cork
- German: Stöpsel — bung or cork
- Ancient Greek: βύσμα (búsma) — bung or cork
- Hindi: ढक्कन (ḍhakkan) — bung or cork
- Hungarian: dugó — bung or cork
- Hungarian: dugasz — bung or cork
- Hungarian: elzáró — bung or cork
- Irish: stopallán — bung or cork
- Irish: stoipéad — bung or cork
- Latvian: aizbāznis — bung or cork
- Plautdietsch: Propsel — bung or cork
- Swahili: kizibo — bung or cork
- Tagalog: sumpal — bung or cork
- Turkish: mantar — bung or cork
- Turkish: kapak — bung or cork
- Ottoman Turkish: قپاق (kapak) — bung or cork
- Ottoman Turkish: مانطار (mantar) — bung or cork
- Finnish: lähijuna — train that stops on almost all stations
- French: omnibus — train that stops on almost all stations
- Hungarian: személyvonat — train that stops on almost all stations
- Romanian: tren personal — train that stops on almost all stations
- Romanian: personal — train that stops on almost all stations
Real reading context