vt to close or secure with a stopper.
2. stopper ·noun a short piece of rope having a knot at one or both ends, with a lanyard under the knot, used to secure something.
3. stopper ·noun one who stops, closes, shuts, or hinders; that which stops or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel.
4. stopper ·noun a name to several trees of the genus eugenia, found in florida and the west indies; as, the red stopper. ·see eugenia.