n.
1. A device, such as a cork or plug, that is inserted to close an opening.
2. One that causes something to stop: a conversation stopper.
3. Computer Science The topmost memory location in a device or system.
4. Games A card or cards enabling one to prevent one's opponents from winning all the tricks in a particular suit in a hand of bridge.
tr.v. stop·pered, stop·per·ing, stop·pers
To close with or as if with a stopper.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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