stopper

  1. Noun.  Agent noun of stop, someone or something that stops something.
  2. Noun.  A type of knot at the end of a rope, to prevent it from unravelling.
  3. Noun.  A bung or cork.
  4. Noun.  (slang, soccer) goalkeeper.
  5. Noun.  (context, finance) 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.
  6. Noun.  (rail transport) A train that calls at all or almost all stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.
  7. Verb.  To close a container by using a stopper.

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