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Meaning of stopper

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  stopper
      n 1: an act so striking or impressive that the show must be
           delayed until the audience quiets down [syn: {show-
           stopper}, {showstopper}, {stopper}]
      2: a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply
         [syn: {conversation stopper}, {stopper}]
      3: (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: blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole
         tightly [syn: {plug}, {stopper}, {stopple}]
      v 1: close or secure with or as if with a stopper; "She
           stoppered the wine bottle"; "The mothers stoppered their
           babies' mouths with pacifiers" [syn: {stopper}, {stopple}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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