IFRAME: g5name IFRAME: about:blank Page contents Site contents * Animals * Arts * Finance * Food * Garden * Health * History * Law * Literature * Miscellaneous * Religion * Science * Shopping * Sports * Technology * Travel * See All... Looking back: 2008 Year in Review Answers.com IFRAME: emailWindowFrame1 stopper Dictionary: stopper (stop'@r) pronunciation Home > Library > Literature & Language > Dictionary n. 1. A device, such as a cork or plug, that is inserted to close an opening. 2. One that causes something to stop: a conversation stopper. 3. Baseball. A relief pitcher, especially one called upon to protect a lead. 4. Sports. a. A player who excels on defense, as in basketball. b. In soccer, a defensive player who plays behind the center midfielder and often guards the opponent's best forward. c. A goalie. 5. Games. A card or cards preventing one's opponents from winning all the tricks in a particular suit in a hand of bridge. tr.v., -pered, -per·ing, -pers. To close with or as if with a stopper. Answers.com * Answers.com v + Home Page + Browse + Personalize + Print page + Email page + Translate page * WikiAnswers.com v + Home Page + Browse + Recent questions * Advanced search * Help * * Search unanswered questions... _______________________________________________________________________ [blank.gif]-Submit Search our library... _______________________________________________________________________ [blank.gif]-Submit (_) Community Q&A (_) Reference topics Thesaurus: stopper Home > Library > Literature & Language > Thesaurus noun Something used to fill a hole, space, or container: choke, cork, fill, plug, stop. See full/empty/capacity. WordNet: stopper Home > Library > Literature & Language > WordNet Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words. The noun has 4 meanings: Meaning #1: blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly Synonyms: plug, stopple Meaning #2: an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down Synonym: show-stopper Meaning #3: a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply Synonym: conversation stopper Meaning #4: (bridge) a playing card with a value sufficiently high to insure taking a trick in a particular suit __________________________________________________________________ The verb stopper has one meaning: Meaning #1: close or secure with or as if with a stopper Synonym: stopple __________________________________________________________________ Wikipedia: Stopper Home > Library > Miscellaneous > Wikipedia The term stopper may refer to one of the following: * Stopper (knot), a type of a knot at the end of the rope. * Stopper (plug), also known as a cork, a plug or a bung used to temporarily seal a bottle opening. * Stopper (football magazine). * a center fullback in soccer. See Defender (football). * The Milkor Stopper 37/38 mm riot gun. * in whitewater kayaking, another name for holes. See Whitewater holes * a term used in the game of bridge. See Contract bridge glossary. * an illustrative information mini-bloc. See Stopper.ru or Stopper (znacheniya). Disambiguation notice This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer) Donate to Wikimedia Translations: Translations for: Stopper Home > Library > Literature & Language > Translations Dansk (Danish) n. - prop, stopper v. tr. - tilproppe, stoppe Nederlands (Dutch) stop Français (French) n. - bouchon, bonde v. tr. - boucher Deutsch (German) n. - Stöpsel, Pfropfen v. - zustöpseln Ellyniky% (Greek) n. - bou%lwµa, pw%µa, (athlop.) anaxaitisty%*s aµuntiko'*s pai'kty*s, sto'per, (naut.) µpo'tso*s, e'xµa Italiano (Italian) tappo, stucco Português (Portuguese) n. - rolha (f) Russkij (Russian) probka, zatychka, stopor, zatykat', stoporit' Español (Spanish) n. - tapón, tope, obturador, coto v. tr. - tapar, taponar, tapar con tapón, sujetar con boza o estopor Svenska (Swedish) n. - propp, kork, attraktion, blickfång ­() (Chinese (Simplified)) ¢, ¶¢, , »©, ¶¨®, ¨, µ ­() (Chinese (Traditional)) n. - ¢, ¶¢, , »©, ¶® v. tr. - ¨, µ ­´ (Korean) n. - ¬, ¨ ¼¼ ¬, v. tr. - ¼ ¤, ­ ¸¤ ¥¬ (Japanese) n. - ¢merumono, ¢®, v. - wosuru a+l+e+r+b+y+h+ (Arabic) (a+l+a+s+m+) s+d+a+d+tm E+B+R+J+T+ (Hebrew) n. - ®P+Q+Q+, M+G+W+P+H+ v. tr. - ®S+G+R+ B+P+Q+Q+, P+Q+Q+ If you are unable to view some languages clearly, click here. To select your translation preferences click here. Shopping: stopper draft stopper wine stopper media stopper crime stopper cs 2000 Join the WikiAnswers Q&A community. Post a question or answer questions about "stopper" at WikiAnswers. Copyrights: Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2007. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more Thesaurus. Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more WordNet. WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Read more Wikipedia. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Stopper". Read more Translations. Copyright © 2007, WizCom Technologies Ltd. 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