stopper
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Definitions & Usage
A type of knot at the end of a rope, to prevent it from unravelling.
A bung or cork.
(informal, soccer) Goalkeeper.
(finance, slang) 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.
(rail transport) A train that calls at all or almost all stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.
(botany) Any of several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies.
A playspot where water flows back on itself, creating a retentive feature.
To close a container by using a stopper.
Notable Literary & Historical Quotes
““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?””
— 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter IX:
“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.”
— 2000, Carole B. Cox, Empowering Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, page 28:
“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.”
— 2011 January 15, Saj Chowdhury, “Man City 4 - 3 Wolves”, in BBC: