stop·per (st?p??r)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. 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.4. Baseball A relief pitcher, especially one called upon to protect a lead.5. Sports a. A player who excels on defense, as in basketball.b. In soccer, a defensive player who plays behind the center midfielder and often guards the opponent’s best forward. Also called center back.c. A goalie.tr.v. stop·pered, stop·per·ing, stop·pers To close with or as if with a stopper.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.stopper (?st?p?) n1. Also: stopple a plug or bung for closing a bottle, pipe, duct, etc2. a person or thing that stops or puts an end to something3. (Bridge) bridge another name for stop39vb (tr) Also: stopple to close or fit with a stopperCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014stop?per (?st?p ?r) n. 1. a person or thing that stops. 2. a plug, cork, bung, or other piece for closing a bottle, tube, drain, etc. v.t. 3. to close or secure with a stopper. [1470?80] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.stopperPast participle: stopperedGerund: stopperingImperativePresentPreteritePresent ContinuousPresent PerfectPast ContinuousPast PerfectFutureFuture PerfectFuture ContinuousPresent Perfect ContinuousFuture Perfect ContinuousPast Perfect ContinuousConditionalPast ConditionalImperativestopperstopperPresentI stopperyou stopperhe/she/it stopperswe stopperyou stopperthey stopperPreteriteI stopperedyou stopperedhe/she/it stopperedwe stopperedyou stopperedthey stopperedPresent ContinuousI am stopperingyou are stopperinghe/she/it is stopperingwe are stopperingyou are stopperingthey are stopperingPresent PerfectI have stopperedyou have stopperedhe/she/it has stopperedwe have stopperedyou have stopperedthey have stopperedPast ContinuousI was stopperingyou were stopperinghe/she/it was stopperingwe were stopperingyou were stopperingthey were stopperingPast PerfectI had stopperedyou had stopperedhe/she/it had stopperedwe had stopperedyou had stopperedthey had stopperedFutureI will stopperyou will stopperhe/she/it will stopperwe will stopperyou will stopperthey will stopperFuture PerfectI will have stopperedyou will have stopperedhe/she/it will have stopperedwe will have stopperedyou will have stopperedthey will have stopperedFuture ContinuousI will be stopperingyou will be stopperinghe/she/it will be stopperingwe will be stopperingyou will be stopperingthey will be stopperingPresent Perfect ContinuousI have been stopperingyou have been stopperinghe/she/it has been stopperingwe have been stopperingyou have been stopperingthey have been stopperingFuture Perfect ContinuousI will have been stopperingyou will have been stopperinghe/she/it will have been stopperingwe will have been stopperingyou will have been stopperingthey will have been stopperingPast Perfect ContinuousI had been stopperingyou had been stopperinghe/she/it had been stopperingwe had been stopperingyou had been stopperingthey had been stopperingConditionalI would stopperyou would stopperhe/she/it would stopperwe would stopperyou would stopperthey would stopperPast ConditionalI would have stopperedyou would have stopperedhe/she/it would have stopperedwe would have stopperedyou would have stopperedthey would have stopperedCollins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011stopperOne of two centerbacks.Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited