Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - stopper
Stopper
stopper
n. & v. --n. 1 a plug for closing a bottle etc. 2 a person or thing that stops something. 3 Naut. a rope or clamp etc. for checking and holding a rope cable or chain cable. --v.tr. close or secure with a stopper. Phrases and idioms put a stopper on 1 put an end to (a thing). 2 keep (a person) quiet.
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I. noun Date: 15th century one that brings to a halt or causes to stop operating or functioning ; check: as, a playing card that will stop the running of a suit, a baseball pitcher depended on to win important games or to stop a losing streak, one that closes, shuts, or fills up, II. transitive verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: circa 1769 to close or secure with or as if with a ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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