stopper
/ˈstɔp.ə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.09 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Someone or something that stops something.
noun
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.
Slang
noun
A train that calls at all or almost all stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.
Example Sentences
- "“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?”"
- "Often, in our conversations we encourage people to talk, or we manage to stop them. This can happen without our even thinking about it. Following is a list of conversation starters and stoppers."
- "Put a stopper in the knot."
- "We need a stopper or the boat will sink."
- "He's the number one stopper in the country."
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree English stop Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English stopper From stop + -er.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈstɔp.ə/
- British English: /ˈstɒp.ə/