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stopper
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  1. stopper
  2. stopper knot
  3. cable stopper
  4. chain stopper
  5. check stopper
  6. deck stopper
  7. dog-stopper
  8. earth stopper
  9. gurgeon stopper
  10. naked stopper
  11. red stopper
  12. ring stopper
  13. slip stopper
  14. Spanish stopper
  15. tobacco stopper
  16. white stopper
  17. work-stopper
  18. heart-stopping

1stop·per

noun \ˈstä-pər\

Definition of STOPPER

1
: one that brings to a halt or causes to stop operating or functioning : check: as
a : a playing card that will stop the running of a suit
b : a baseball pitcher depended on to win important games or to stop a losing streak; also : an effective relief pitcher
2
: one that closes, shuts, or fills up; specifically : something (as a bung or cork) used to plug an opening
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Examples of STOPPER

  1. His comment was a conversation stopper.

First Known Use of STOPPER

15th century

Rhymes with STOPPER

bopper, chopper, copper, cropper, dropper, flopper, hopper, lopper, mopper, popper, proper, shopper, swapper, topper, whopper

2stopper

transitive verb
stop·peredstop·per·ing \-p(ə-)riŋ\

Definition of STOPPER

: to close or secure with or as if with a stopper <stopper the bottle>

First Known Use of STOPPER

circa 1769

Rhymes with STOPPER

bopper, chopper, copper, cropper, flopper, mopper, proper, swapper

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