Stopper - Definition

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]