STOPPER
\stˈɒpə], \stˈɒpə], \s_t_ˈɒ_p_ə]\
Definitions of STOPPER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply
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an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down
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(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"
By Princeton University
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a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply
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an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down
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(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"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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One who stops, closes, shuts, or hinders; that which stops or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel.
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A short piece of rope having a knot at one or both ends, with a lanyard under the knot, -- used to secure something.
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A name to several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies; as, the red stopper. See Eugenia.
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To close or secure with a stopper.
By Oddity Software
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To close or secure with a stopper.
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One who stops: that which closes a vent or hole, as the cork or glass mouthpiece for a bottle: (naut.) a short rope for making something fast.
By Daniel Lyons
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To close or secure with a stopper.
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One who or that which stops; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel; a short piece of rope used for making fast.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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To close or secure with a stopper.
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One who or that which stops; the cork or glass mouthpiece for a bottle.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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One who, or that which, stops up or closes; a plug, as of glass, wood, or cork, that closes a vent or hole, as in a bottle, cask, etc.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
