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stopper
stop·per / ˈstäpər/ • n. 1. a plug for sealing a hole, esp. in the neck of a bottle or other container. 2. a person or thing that halts or obstructs a specified thing: [in comb.] a crime-stopper. ∎ (in soccer and other sports) a player whose function is to block attacks on goal from the middle of the field. ∎ Baseball a starting pitcher depended on to win a game or stop a losing streak, or a relief pitcher used to prevent the opposing team from scoring. ∎ (in sailing or climbing) a rope or clamp for preventing a rope or cable from running out. ∎ Bridge another term for control. • v. [usu. as adj.] (stoppered) use a stopper to seal (a bottle or other container): a small stoppered jar. PHRASES: put a (or the) stopper on inf. prevent from happening or continuing. |
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"stopper." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "stopper." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-stopper.html "stopper." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-stopper.html |
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stopper, the name given to a short length of rope. While secured at one end it is used to hold temporarily, with a stopper hitch, parts of the running rigging of sailing ships while the fall is being belayed. A stopper hitch is a rolling hitch in which the second turn rides over the first. A chain stopper is a metal grab designed to hold a ship's anchor cable.
See also cable stoppers; compressor; rope clutch. |
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"stopper." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "stopper." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-stopper.html "stopper." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-stopper.html |
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•Agrippa, chipper, clipper, dipper, equipper, flipper, gripper, hipper, kipper, nipper, Pippa, ripper, shipper, sipper, skipper, slipper, stripper, tipper, tripper, whipper, zipper
•crimper, shrimper, simper, whimper, Whymper
•crisper, whisper
•mudskipper • caliper • Philippa
•juniper • gossiper
•worshipper (US worshiper)
•griper, piper, sniper, swiper, viper, wiper
•bagpiper • sandpiper
•bopper, chopper, copper, cropper, Dopper, dropper, hopper, improper, Joppa, poppa, popper, proper, shopper, stopper, swapper, topper, whopper
•stomper • prosper • bebopper
•teenybopper • grasshopper
•clodhopper • sharecropper
•name-dropper • eavesdropper
•window-shopper • doorstopper
•show-stopper
•gawper, pauper, torpor, warper
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"stopper." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "stopper." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-stopper.html "stopper." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-stopper.html |
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