stopper

Definitions

• 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.
• A bung or cork.
• (slang) Goalkeeper.
• (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.
• (rail transport) A train that calls at all or almost all stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.
• (botany) Any of several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies.
• (nautical) A short rope for making something fast.
• A playspot where water flows back on itself, creating a retentive feature.