stopper

stopper is a 7-letter English word with 9 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One who stops, closes, shuts, or hinders; that which stops or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. noun. One who stops, closes, shuts, or hinders; that which stops or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel.
2. noun. A short piece of rope having a knot at one or both ends, with a lanyard under the knot, -- used to secure something.
3. noun. A name to several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies; as, the red stopper. See Eugenia.
4. transitive verb. To close or secure with a stopper.
5. noun. blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly

   Synonyms: plug, stopple

6. noun. (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"

7. noun. a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply
8. noun. an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down

   Synonyms: showstopper

9. verb. close or secure with or as if with a stopper

   "She stoppered the wine bottle"

   "The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers"

   Synonyms: stopple

Synonyms

plug, stopple, showstopper

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in stopper:

popster, toppers

Common word forms

stoppers, stoppered, stoppering, stopperless

Words from these letters

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