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Dictionary: show·stop·per   (shō'stŏp'ər) pronunciation

n. Informal
  1. A performance or performer that evokes so much applause from the audience that the show is temporarily interrupted.
  2. A particularly arresting person or thing, especially one that draws attention away from others or brings a course of action to a halt.
showstopping show'stop'ping adj.

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(SHO-stop-uhr)

noun
1. A performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
2. A spectacularly arresting or appealing person or thing.

Usage
"She grew up to be a showstopper, a hard act to follow in a family of legendary performers. At 28, Janet Jackson is at the very top of her game as one of the world's most dazzling superstars." — Edwards, Audrey, The 1995 Essence Awards: 25 years of celebrating African-American achievement, Essence, 1 May 1995.


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A hardware or (especially) software bug that makes an implementation effectively unusable; one that absolutely has to be fixed before development can go on. Opposite in connotation from its original theatrical use, which refers to something stunningly good.


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Showstopper may refer to:

  • Show Stopper, the debut single by the R&B group and Making the Band 3 winners Danity Kane
  • American Idol Season 4: The Showstoppers, 2005 album from the American Idol compilation series
  • Show Stoppers, episode of Garfield and Friends from 1989
  • One of several nicknames of professional wrestler Shawn Michaels
  • A word introduced into the English language circa 1926 meaning "an act, song, or performer that wins applause so prolonged as to interrupt a performance" or, more generally, "something or someone exceptionally arresting or attractive"
  • An event or fatal bug in software that makes it unusable or useless by disabling an essential piece of its functionality: for example, a bug that renders a text editor unable to open files, or a feature that interrupts the user with a near-infinite popup windows when installing software.

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