stoppers

Meanings

Noun

• an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down
• a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply
• (bridge) a playing card with a value sufficiently high to insure taking a trick in a particular suit
• blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
• plural of stopper

Verb

• close or secure with or as if with a stopper

Synonyms

conversation stopper, plug, show-stopper, showstopper, stopper, stopple