English noun: stopper |
1. | stopper (communication) an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down |
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| Synonyms | show-stopper, showstopper |
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| Broader (hypernym) | act, bit, number, routine, turn |
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2. | stopper (communication) a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply |
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| Synonyms | conversation stopper |
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| Broader (hypernym) | comment, input, remark |
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3. | stopper (artifact) (bridge) a playing card with a value sufficiently high to insure taking a trick in a particular suit |
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| Samples | If my partner has a spade stopper I can bid no trump.
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| Broader (hypernym) | playing card |
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| Domain category | bridge |
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4. | stopper (artifact) blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly |
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| Synonyms | plug, stopple |
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| Broader (hypernym) | block, blockage, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | bottle cork, bung, cork, drainplug, earplug, fipple, spigot, spile, tampion, tampon, tap, tompion |
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