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stopper

/ stopper /

noun/verb

noun Sense 1

(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"

Type of:

playing card

Domain:

bridge

verb Sense 2

close or secure with or as if with a stopper

"She stoppered the wine bottle"

"The mothers stoppered their babies'' mouths with pacifiers"

Type of:

plug stop up secure

Derived:

plug stopple

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

noun Sense 3

blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly

Type of:

blockage block closure

Kinds of:

bung spile cork drainplug fipple

Derived:

stopple barricade block blockade stop

noun Sense 4

a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply

Type of:

remark comment

noun Sense 5

an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down

Type of:

act routine number

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