stopper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɒp.ə/
ipa: /ˈstɔp.ə/
ipa: /ˈstɑ.pɚ/
rhymes: -ɒpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: stoppers
Etymology: From stop + -er.
Senses: examples: text: “It just shows you what women are like. A frightful sex, Bertie. There ought to be a law. I hope to live to see the day when women are no longer allowed.” “That would rather put a stopper on keeping the human race going, wouldn't it?” “Well, who wants to keep the human race going?”
ref: 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter IX:
text: Often, in our conversations we encourage people to talk, or we manage to stop them. This can happen without our even thinking about it. Following is a list of conversation starters and stoppers.
ref: 2000, Carole B. Cox, Empowering Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, page 28:
glosses: Someone or something that stops something.
examples: text: Put a stopper in the knot.
glosses: A type of knot at the end of a rope, to prevent it from unravelling.
examples: text: We need a stopper or the boat will sink.
glosses: A bung or cork.
examples: text: He's the number one stopper in the country.
text: And just before the interval, Kolarov, who was having one of his better games in a City shirt, fizzed in a cracker from 30 yards which the Wolves stopper unconvincingly pushed behind for a corner.
ref: 2011 January 15, Saj Chowdhury, “Man City 4 - 3 Wolves”, in BBC:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: Goalkeeper.
examples: text: Cattle futures: spillover momentum plus evidence of a strong stopper (i.e., 96 loads demanded) should kick the opening higher.
topics: business
finance
glosses: In the commodity futures market, someone who is long (owns) a futures contract and is demanding delivery because they want to take possession of the deliverable commodity.
examples: text: The local train was empty at midday. She changed at Yatton and caught a stopper into Bristol. There was an express calling at Exeter which left Bristol at twelve-forty-five and she caught it by the skin of her teeth.
ref: 1996, Susan Sallis, Touched by Angels, Random House, page 300:
text: Changing times at Barnham on December 8 2022. Southern 313211 is an all-stations stopper.
ref: 2023 February 22, Howard Johnston, “Southern '313s': is the end now in sight?”, in RAIL, number 977, page 39, photo caption:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A train that calls at all or almost all stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.
examples: text: Red Stopper. Leaves ovate-oblong, contracted at the apex into long points, coriaceous. Eugenia Garber
ref: 1890, Charles Sprague Sargent, The Silva of North America: A Description of the Trees which Grow Naturally in North America Exclusive of Mexico:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A short rope for making something fast.
glosses: A playspot where water flows back on itself, creating a retentive feature.
Synonyms: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
word: local
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
word: stopping train
sense: bung
word: plug
Derived terms: sense: affixed forms
word: restopper
sense: affixed forms
word: stopperless
sense: affixed forms
word: unstopper
sense: Compound words
word: 11 Bulletstopper
sense: Compound words
word: barbecue stopper
sense: Compound words
word: bottle stopper
sense: Compound words
word: channel stopper
sense: Compound words
word: conversation stopper
sense: Compound words
word: crimestopper
sense: Compound words
word: doorstopper
sense: Compound words
word: gobstopper
sense: Compound words
word: heartstopper
sense: Compound words
word: manstopper
sense: Compound words
word: oysterman's stopper
sense: Compound words
word: puckstopper
sense: Compound words
word: put a stopper to
sense: Compound words
word: ring stopper
sense: Compound words
word: shelf stopper
sense: Compound words
word: shot stopper
sense: Compound words
word: showstopper
sense: Compound words
word: stopper bolt
sense: Compound words
word: stopper cover
sense: Compound words
word: stopper knot
sense: Compound words
word: Ashley's stopper knot
sense: Compound words
word: tobacco-stopper
sense: Compound words
word: traffic stopper
sense: Compound words
word: wine stopper