"showstopper" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-showstopper.wav Forms: showstoppers [plural]
Etymology: From show + stopper. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|show|stopper}} show + stopper Head templates: {{en-noun}} showstopper (plural showstoppers)
  1. A performance or segment of a theatrical production that induces a positive audience reaction strong enough to pause the production. Translations ((in theatrical production)): succesnummer [neuter] (Dutch), menestysesitys (english: performance) (Finnish), strappa applausi [masculine] (Italian), gran numero (Italian), uno schianto (Italian), numero eccezionale [masculine] (Italian), esibizione fantastica [feminine] (Italian), applausi a scena aperta [masculine, plural] (Italian), шоу-сто́ппер (šou-stópper) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-showstopper-en-noun-gvr9F4d5 Disambiguation of '(in theatrical production)': 89 2 8
  2. Any impediment that prevents all further progress.
    Sense id: en-showstopper-en-noun-3Vl8ZM3Q
  3. Any impediment that prevents all further progress.
    (computing) A software bug that must be fixed before any further development is possible.
    Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: blocker
    Sense id: en-showstopper-en-noun-p7yogkOW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 29 49 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 20 32 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 32 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 32 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 18 28 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 20 27 53 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 18 27 55 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 19 28 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 17 27 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 17 27 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 20 27 53 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: show-stopper, show stopper Related terms: showstopping, deal breaker Translations (impediment to progress): välitön este (Finnish), clap de fin [masculine] (French), KO-Kriterium [neuter] (German), K.O.-Kriterium [neuter] (German), Ausschlusskriterium [neuter] (German), Showstopper [masculine] (German), intoppo [masculine] (Italian), ostacolo [masculine] (Italian), falla [feminine] (Italian), impedimento [masculine] (Italian), препя́тствие (prepjátstvije) [neuter] (Russian), поме́ха (poméxa) [feminine] (Russian), зава́да (zaváda) [feminine] (Ukrainian), перешко́да (pereškóda) [feminine] (Ukrainian), перепо́на (perepóna) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'impediment to progress': 1 49 49

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (b941637 and 4230888). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.