Definizione monolingua

stopper

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"".

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, wouldnt 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

   Hes 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.

Definizione dizionario stopper

	turacciolo
	Conical or cylindrical-shaped object that is pushed in the bottleneck of a bottle to stop it up.

blocco

otturatore

tampone

tappo

zaffo

zipolo

Altri significati:

(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.

Agent noun of stop, someone or something that stops something.

(slang, soccer) goalkeeper

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

A bung or cork

A type of knot at the end of a rope, to prevent it from unravelling.

To close by using a stopper