stopper

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply
• Syn:
conversation stopper
• Hypernyms:
remark, comment, input
2. blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
• Syn:
plug, stopple
• Derivationally related forms:
stopple (for: stopple), stop, plug (for: plug)
• Hypernyms:
blockage, block, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage
• Hyponyms:
bung, spile, cork, bottle cork, drainplug,
drainplug, fipple, tampion, tompion, tampon,
tap, spigot
3. an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down
• Syn:
show-stopper, showstopper
• Hypernyms:
act, routine, number, turn, bit
4. (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
• Topics:
bridge
• Hypernyms:
playing card

II - verb

close or secure with or as if with a stopper
- She stoppered the wine bottle
- The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers
• Syn:
stopple
• Derivationally related forms:
stopple (for: stopple)
• Hypernyms:
plug, stop up, secure
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  plug, stopple, conversation stopper, show-stopper, showstopper