1. Blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
   "He used a cork stopper to seal the bottle";
   - plug, stopple
    
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
   "Her revelation about the host's secret past acted as a conversation stopper";
   - conversation stopper
    
4. An act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down
   "Her solo was such a show-stopper that the audience applauded for five minutes";
   - show-stopper, showstopper

1. Close or secure with or as if with a stopper
   "She stoppered the wine bottle"; "The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers";
   - stopple

Derived forms: stoppering, stoppers, stoppered

Type of: act, bit, block, blockage, comment, input, number, playing card, plug, remark, routine, secure, stop up, stoppage, turn

Encyclopedia: Stopper