stopper

1. (informal, soccer) Goalkeeper.Examples: "He's the number one stopper in the country."; "And just before the interval, Kolarov, who was having one of his better games in a City shirt, fizzed in a cracker from 30 yards which the Wolves stopper unconvincingly pushed behind for a corner."informal

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

3. (rail transport) A train that calls at all or almost all stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.Examples: "The local train was empty at midday. She changed at Yatton and caught a stopper into Bristol. There was an express calling at Exeter which left Bristol at twelve-forty-five and she caught it by the skin of her teeth."; "Changing times at Barnham on December 8 2022. Southern 313211 is an all-stations stopper."

4. (botany) Any of several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies.Examples: "Red Stopper. Leaves ovate-oblong, contracted at the apex into long points, coriaceous. Eugenia Garber"

5. (nautical) A short rope for making something fast.