Stopper

/ˈstɒp.ə/ · noun

Meaning

Someone or something that stops something..

Definitions by Sense

1. Someone or something that stops something.
2. A type of knot at the end of a rope, to prevent it from unravelling.
3. A bung or cork.
4. (informal, soccer) Goalkeeper.
5. (finance, slang) 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.
6. (rail transport) A train that calls at all or almost all stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.
7. (botany) Any of several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies.
8. (nautical) A short rope for making something fast.

Example Sentences

“It just shows you what women are like. A frightful sex, Bertie. There ought to be a law. I hope to live to see the day when women are no longer allowed.” “That would rather put a stopper on keeping the human race going, wouldn't it?” “Well, who wants to keep the human race going?”

Often, in our conversations we encourage people to talk, or we manage to stop them. This can happen without our even thinking about it. Following is a list of conversation starters and stoppers.

Put a stopper in the knot.

We need a stopper or the boat will sink.

He's the number one stopper in the country.

And just before the interval, Kolarov, who was having one of his better games in a City shirt, fizzed in a cracker from 30 yards which the Wolves stopper unconvincingly pushed behind for a corner.

Cattle futures: spillover momentum plus evidence of a strong stopper (i.e., 96 loads demanded) should kick the opening higher.

The local train was empty at midday. She changed at Yatton and caught a stopper into Bristol. There was an express calling at Exeter which left Bristol at twelve-forty-five and she caught it by the skin of her teeth.

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Word Forms

• stoppers
• stoppering
• stoppered

Usage Notes

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