(n) (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
(v) close or secure with or as if with a stopper, Syn.stopple, Example: She stoppered the wine bottle; The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers
n. 1. One who stops, closes, shuts, or hinders; that which stops or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Naut.) A short piece of rope having a knot at one or both ends, with a lanyard under the knot, -- used to secure something. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. (Bot.) A name to several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies; as, the red stopper. See Eugenia. C. S. Sargent. [ 1913 Webster ]
Ring stopper (Naut.), a short rope or chain passing through the anchor ring, to secure the anchor to the cathead. -- Stopper bolt (Naut.), a large ringbolt in a ship's deck, to which the deck stoppers are hooked. [ 1913 Webster ]
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