Stopper
WordNet
noun
(1) Blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
(2) (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"
(3) A remark to which there is no polite conversational reply
(4) An act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down
verb
(5) Close or secure with or as if with a stopper
"She stoppered the wine bottle"
"The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- 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.
- goalkeeper
- He's the number one stopper in the country.
- 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.