stopper

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down
noun a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply
noun (bridge) a playing card with a value sufficiently high to insure taking a trick in a particular suit

From stop + -er.

But there was no stopper. — The Book of Dragons, E. (Edith) Nesbit
"And that green glass stopper!" — Fairy Prince and Other Stories, Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
He had put a stopper on it. — The Forsyte Saga - Complete, John Galsworthy

show-stopper, showstopper

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