Definitions of stopper [ˈstɒp ər]
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1. (n.) stopper
a person or thing that stops .
2. stopper
a plug, cork, bung, or other piece for closing a bottle, tube, drain, etc.
3. (v.t.) stopper
to close or secure with a stopper .
Etymology: (1470–80)
Definition of 'stopper'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun) show-stopper, showstopper, stopper
an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down
2. (noun) conversation stopper, stopper
a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply
3. (noun) stopper
(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"
4. (verb) plug, stopper, stopple
blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
5. (verb) stopper, stopple
close or secure with or as if with a stopper
"She stoppered the wine bottle"; "The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers"
Definition of 'stopper'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun) stopper
one who stops, closes, shuts, or hinders; that which stops or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel
2. (noun) stopper
a short piece of rope having a knot at one or both ends, with a lanyard under the knot, -- used to secure something
3. (noun) stopper
a name to several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies; as, the red stopper . See Eugenia
4. (verb) stopper
to close or secure with a stopper
Sense: an object, eg a cork, that is put into the neck of a bottle, jar, hole etc to close it.
Afrikaans: kurk
Arabic: سِدادَه
Bulgarian: тапа
Brazilian: tampa
Czech: zátka
German: der Stöpsel
Danish: prop
Greek: πώμα
Spanish: tapón
Estonian: topp, punn
Farsi: درپوش
Finnish: sulkija
French: bouchon
Hebrew: פְּקָק
Hindi: रोधक, अवरोधक, काग, डाट
Croatian: čep, zapušač
Hungarian: dugó
Indonesian: sumbat
Icelandic: tappi, lok
Italian: tappo
Japanese: 栓
Korean: 마개
Lithuanian: kamštis, kaištis
Latvian: aizbāznis; korķis
Malay: penghenti
Dutch: stop
Norwegian: propp, kork, plugg
Polish: zatyczka
Portuguese: rolha
Romanian: dop
Russian: пробка; затычка
Slovak: zátka
Slovenian: zamašek
Serbian: zapušač
Swedish: kork, propp
Thai: ฝาปิด
Turkish: tıkaç
Taiwanese: 塞子
Ukrainian: корок, пробка
Urdu: روکنے والا
Vietnamese: nút, nút chai
Chinese: 塞子
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