Stopper

Quick meaning: Stopper is a noun meaning Someone or something that stops something.

Meaning

Someone or something that stops something.

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

Put a stopper in the knot.

We need a stopper or the boat will sink.

He's the number one stopper in the country.

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

Word Forms

• stoppers
• stoppering
• stoppered

Synonyms for stopper

Depending on context, synonyms include local, plug, stopple.

Antonyms for stopper

Common opposites include fast, express.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include plug, stopple, detent, lock, threshold, latch.

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