stopper
Someone or something that stops something.
Other meanings
A type of knot at the end of a rope, to prevent it from unravelling.
“Put a stopper in the knot.”
A bung or cork.
“We need a stopper or the boat will sink.”
Related words
- restopper
- stopperless
- unstopper
- conversation stopper
- barbecue stopper
- put a stopper to
- bottle stopper
- jobstopper
- channel stopper
- crimestopper
- shelf stopper
- stopper cover
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “stopper” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.