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English to English noun
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an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down |  | source: wordnet30
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a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply | | source: wordnet30
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(bridge) a playing card with a value sufficiently high to insure taking a trick in a particular suit | | Example: if my partner has a spade stopper I can bid no trump
source: wordnet30
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blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly | | source: wordnet30
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One who stops, closes, shuts, or hinders; that which stops or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel. | | source: webster1913
verb
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close or secure with or as if with a stopper | | Example: She stoppered the wine bottle
The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers
source: wordnet30
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To close or secure with a stopper. | | source: webster1913
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