plural of stope

Alternative spelling of showstopper

Alternative spelling of showstopper

plural of stopgap

(Australia, slang) A topic of conversation which is controversial and of contemporary significance. Hence, a social gaffe.

(sports) Additional time added to the end of a match, or period of a match, in order to compensate for time lost due to any stoppages of play.

(nautical) A knot placed in a rope either to prevent the end from fraying, or to prevent it from passing through a hole.

(slang) A television broadcast that causes the viewer to stop flipping through channels with their remote control and watch it.

In mining, the removal of the desired ore from an underground mine, leaving behind an open space known as a stope.

(physics) A hypothetical bound state of a superpartner of the top quark in some supersymmetric theories.