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stopper
[ stop-er ]
noun
- a person or thing that stops.
- a plug, cork, bung, or other piece for closing a bottle, tube, drain, or the like.
- Informal. something or someone that commands attention, as an unusual window display or a flamboyant person.
- Cards. a card in a suit that prevents the successive taking of all tricks in the suit by the opponents.
- Baseball Slang. a formidably and consistently effective pitcher counted on to win, as a team's best starting pitcher or a superior reliever often called on to preserve a victory; pitching ace.
verb (used with object)
- to close, secure, or fit with a stopper.
stopper
/ ˈɒə /
noun
- Alsostoppleˈɒəl a plug or bung for closing a bottle, pipe, duct, etc
- a person or thing that stops or puts an end to something
- bridge another name for stop
verb
- Alsostopple tr to close or fit with a stopper
Other 51Թ Forms
- ٴDZp· adjective
Example Sentences
But the lack of individual stoppers has been problematic the last two games, the Lakers struggling to stop scorers when they get hot.
Johnson largely has been the defensive stopper the Bruins envisioned on the perimeter this season, even if pockets of foul trouble have kept him off the court at times.
As teams build their rosters each offseason, they look for shooters such as Knecht, for defensive stoppers such as Jarred Vanderbilt, for offensive initiators or enforcers or for shot blockers.
He was a run stopper and a quarterback chaser.
“I don’t put that on anybody,” Cronin said, alluding to the need for everybody on his team to be a stopper.
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