Meaning

• Agent noun of stop, someone or something that stops something.

• A type of knot at the end of a rope, to prevent it from unravelling.

  "Put a stopper in the knot."

• A bung or cork.

  "We need a stopper or the boat will sink."

• Goalkeeper.

  "He's the number one stopper in the country."

• In the commodity futures market, someone who is long (owns) a futures contract and is demanding delivery because they want to take possession of the deliverable commodity.

  "Cattle futures: spillover momentum plus evidence of a strong stopper (i.e., 96 loads demanded) should kick the opening higher."

• A train that calls at all or almost all stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.

• Any of several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies.

• A short rope for making something fast.

• A playspot where water flows back on itself, creating a retentive feature.

Meaning

• To close a container by using a stopper.

  "He tightly stoppered the decanter, thinking the expensive liqueur had been evaporating."