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
A stopper is a card or set of cards that can stop your opponents from running out a long suit they may have Stoppers are often sought when partners are seeking a notrump contract bid
A stopper is a piece of glass, plastic, or cork that fits into the top of a bottle or jar to close it. a bottle of colourless liquid sealed with a cork stopper. see also show-stopper
The wave formed immediately downstream of an obstacle over which water is flowing Known as a hydraulic jump in other circles Large ones will stop boats, and those below weirs may be deadly
(bridge) a playing card with a value sufficiently high to insure taking a trick in a particular suit; "if my partner has a spade stopper I can bid no trump"
Plays in front of the sweeper and is responsible defensively either for the first forward down field or the first midfielder down field (depending on the way the team plays)