"traffic stopper" meaning in All languages combined

See traffic stopper on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: traffic stoppers [plural]
Etymology: From stop traffic. Head templates: {{en-noun}} traffic stopper (plural traffic stoppers)
  1. (informal) Something that attracts astonished admiration, especially by being stunningly physically attractive. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-traffic_stopper-en-noun-tM67czfG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From stop traffic.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "traffic stoppers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "traffic stopper (plural traffic stoppers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2003, American Cowboy, volume 9, number 5, page 52:",
          "text": "The landscape was a real traffic stopper at the show. Walters explained its appeal this way. \"One of the unique experiences of the Grand Canyon is the ability to see nature's forces in action,\" he told the museum's staff.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, A. J. Stewart, High Lie:",
          "text": "It was one of those smiles, a real traffic stopper.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Something that attracts astonished admiration, especially by being stunningly physically attractive."
      ],
      "id": "en-traffic_stopper-en-noun-tM67czfG",
      "links": [
        [
          "attract",
          "attract"
        ],
        [
          "astonished",
          "astonished"
        ],
        [
          "admiration",
          "admiration"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) Something that attracts astonished admiration, especially by being stunningly physically attractive."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "traffic stopper"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "From stop traffic.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "traffic stoppers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "traffic stopper (plural traffic stoppers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2003, American Cowboy, volume 9, number 5, page 52:",
          "text": "The landscape was a real traffic stopper at the show. Walters explained its appeal this way. \"One of the unique experiences of the Grand Canyon is the ability to see nature's forces in action,\" he told the museum's staff.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, A. J. Stewart, High Lie:",
          "text": "It was one of those smiles, a real traffic stopper.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Something that attracts astonished admiration, especially by being stunningly physically attractive."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "attract",
          "attract"
        ],
        [
          "astonished",
          "astonished"
        ],
        [
          "admiration",
          "admiration"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) Something that attracts astonished admiration, especially by being stunningly physically attractive."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "traffic stopper"
}

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