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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
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- 1noun
One who stops, closes, shuts, or hinders; that which stops or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel.
- 2noun
A short piece of rope having a knot at one or both ends, with a lanyard under the knot, -- used to secure something.
- 3noun
A name to several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies; as, the red stopper. See Eugenia.
- 4transitive verb
To close or secure with a stopper.
- 5noun
blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
- 6noun
(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"
- 7noun
a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply
- 8noun
an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down
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- 9verb
close or secure with or as if with a stopper
"She stoppered the wine bottle"
"The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers"
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