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show-stopper

or Ƿ·ٴDZ·

[ shoh-stop-er ]

noun

  1. Theater. a performer, performance, or musical number that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause:

    The singer proves that she is simply a show-stopper after her resoundingly successful debut.

  2. a spectacularly arresting or appealing person or thing:

    This bright plaid suit is a real show-stopper.

  3. a significant obstacle or problem, especially one halting a process already underway:

    The bug was a show-stopper, delaying the game's release by months.



show stopper

noun

  1. informal.
    a stage act, etc, that receives so much applause as to interrupt the performance
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other yvlog Forms

  • Ƿ-ٴDZ·辱Բ Ƿ·ٴDZ·辱Բ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of show-stopper1

First recorded in 1945–50
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Example Sentences

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The dip pairs exceptionally well with tortilla chips and salsa, but it can also be enjoyed with baguette slices and apples — the perfect dinner party show-stopper.

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Her "show-stopper" is a large creation made to look like an ice cream sundae.

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The voluminous dress, in two tones of new and aged copper, was a show-stopper that Lively unfurled to ascend the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s iconic stairs at the high-fashion affair.

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“It was the most effective show-stopper I ever came up with,” he wrote unrepentantly in his 1999 memoir, “What’s Welsh for Zen.”

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I was too busy being googly eyed over show-stopper ornamentals like roses.

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