stopper

Noun

 * 1) Agent noun of stop, someone or something that stops something.
 * 2) A type of knot at the end of a rope, to prevent it from unravelling.
 * Put a stopper in the knot.
 * 1) A bung or cork.
 * We need a stopper or the boat will sink.
 * 1)  Goalkeeper.
 * He's the number one stopper in the country.
 * 1)  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.
 * Cattle futures: spillover momentum plus evidence of a strong stopper (i.e., 96 loads demanded) should kick the opening higher.
 * 1)  A train that calls at all or almost all stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.
 * 2)  Any of several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies.
 * 3)  A short rope for making something fast.
 * 4) A playspot where water flows back on itself, creating a retentive feature.
 * 1)  Any of several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies.
 * 2)  A short rope for making something fast.
 * 3) A playspot where water flows back on itself, creating a retentive feature.
 * 1)  A short rope for making something fast.
 * 2) A playspot where water flows back on itself, creating a retentive feature.
 * 1) A playspot where water flows back on itself, creating a retentive feature.

Translations

 * Finnish: päätesolmu, stopperi
 * Hungarian:
 * Polish: bloker


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: βύσμα
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Irish: stopallán, stoipéad
 * Ottoman Turkish: قپاق, مانطار
 * Plautdietsch: Propsel
 * Swahili: kizibo
 * Tagalog: sumpal


 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:

Verb

 * 1) To close a container by using a stopper.
 * He tightly stoppered the decanter, thinking the expensive liqueur had been evaporating.
 * The diaphragmatic spasm of his hiccup caused his epiglottis to painfully stopper his windpipe with a loud "hic".

Noun

 * 1) stop (device to block path)

Etymology
1792, from.

Verb

 * 1) to stop, in regard to motors and machines
 * 2)  to take (a hit, a bullet)
 * 3)  to stop
 * 1)  to stop
 * 1)  to stop