stopper

English

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈstɒp.ə/
• (AusE) IPA: /ˈstɔp.ə/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈstɑ.pɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɒpə(r)

Noun

stopper (plural stoppers)

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.

   • 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter IX:

     “It just shows you what women are like. A frightful sex, Bertie. There ought to be a law. I hope to live to see the day when women are no longer allowed.” “That would rather put a stopper on keeping the human race going, wouldn't it?” “Well, who wants to keep the human race going?”

3. A bung or cork

   We need a stopper or the boat will sink.

4. (slang, soccer) goalkeeper

   He's the number one stopper in the country.

   • 2011 January 15, Saj Chowdhury, “Man City 4 - 3 Wolves”, BBC:

     And just before the interval, Kolarov, who was having one of his better games in a City shirt, fizzed in a cracker from 30 yards which the Wolves stopper unconvincingly pushed behind for a corner.

5. (finance, slang) 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.

6. (rail transport) A train that calls at all or almost all stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.

Synonyms

• (rail transport): local

Antonyms

• (rail transport): fast, express

Derived terms

• gobstopper

Translations

type of knot

Finnish: päätesolmu (fi), stopperi (fi)

bung or cork

Finnish: tulppa (fi)

football (soccer): goalkeeper

Finnish: toppari (fi)

finance slang: one who wants to take possession of the traded commodity

train that stops on almost all stations

Finnish: lähijuna (fi)

Verb

stopper (third-person singular simple present stoppers, present participle stoppering, simple past and past participle stoppered)

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".

Anagrams

• opprest, popster, toppers

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈstɔpər/

Noun

stopper m.

1. stop (device to block path)

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French

Etymology

1792, from English stop.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /stɔ.pe/, SAMPA: /stO.pe/

Verb

stopper

1. (colloquial) to stop

   il faut stopper cette hostilité permanente

   This permanent hostility must be stopped.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of stopper (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		stopper			avoir stoppé
gerund		en stoppant			en ayant stoppé
present participle		stoppant
past participle		stoppé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	stoppe	stoppes	stoppe	stoppons	stoppez	stoppent
	imperfect	stoppais	stoppais	stoppait	stoppions	stoppiez	stoppaient
	past historic1	stoppai	stoppas	stoppa	stoppâmes	stoppâtes	stoppèrent
	future	stopperai	stopperas	stoppera	stopperons	stopperez	stopperont
	conditional	stopperais	stopperais	stopperait	stopperions	stopperiez	stopperaient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	stoppe	stoppes	stoppe	stoppions	stoppiez	stoppent
	imperfect1	stoppasse	stoppasses	stoppât	stoppassions	stoppassiez	stoppassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	stoppe	—	stoppons	stoppez	—
1literary tenses

Synonyms

• (more formal) arrêter