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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STOPPER, n.
1. One who stops, closes, shuts or hinders; that which stops or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel.
2. In seamens language, a short piece of rope used for making something fast, as the anchor or cables. Stoppers are also used to prevent the running rigging from coming up, whilst the men are belaying it.
STOPPER, v.t. To close with a stopper.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Date: 15th century 1. one that brings to a halt or causes to stop operating or functioning ; check: as a. a playing card that will stop the running of a suit b. a baseball pitcher depended on to win important games or to stop a losing streak; also an effective relief pitcher 2. one that closes, shuts, or fills up; specifically something (as a bung or cork) used to plug an opening II. transitive verb (stoppered; stoppering) Date: circa 1769 to close or secure with or as if with a stopper <stopper the bottle>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a plug for closing a bottle etc. 2 a person or thing that stops something. 3 Naut. a rope or clamp etc. for checking and holding a rope cable or chain cable. --v.tr. close or secure with a stopper. Phrases and idioms: put a stopper on 1 put an end to (a thing). 2 keep (a person) quiet.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Stopper Stop"per, n. 1. One who stops, closes, shuts, or hinders; that which stops or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel. 2. (Naut.) A short piece of rope having a knot at one or both ends, with a lanyard under the knot, -- used to secure something. --Totten. 3. (Bot.) A name to several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies; as, the red stopper. See Eugenia. --C. S. Sargent. Ring stopper (Naut.), a short rope or chain passing through the anchor ring, to secure the anchor to the cathead. Stopper bolt (Naut.), a large ringbolt in a ship's deck, to which the deck stoppers are hooked.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Stopper Stop"per, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stoppered; p. pr. & vb. n. Stoppering.] To close or secure with a stopper.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(stoppers) A stopper is a piece of glass, plastic, or cork that fits into the top of a bottle or jar to close it. ...a bottle of colourless liquid sealed with a cork stopper. N-COUNT see also show-stopper

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Stopple, plug.

Moby Thesaurus

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