showstopper
A performance or segment of a theatrical production that induces a positive audience…A performance or segment of a theatrical production that induces a positive audience reaction strong enough to pause the production.
Meaning
3 sensesA performance or segment of a theatrical production that induces a positive audience reaction strong enough to pause the production.
Showstopper
шоу-сто́пперšou-stópper
Any impediment that prevents all further progress.
KO-Kriterium, K.O.-Kriterium, Ausschlusskriterium
препя́тствиеprepjátstvije, поме́хаpoméxa
зава́даzaváda, перешко́даpereškóda, перепо́наperepóna
Any impediment that prevents all further progress.
A software bug that must be fixed before any further development is possible.
- something that is strikingly attractive or has great popular appeal
- an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down
Translations
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Origin
From show + stopper.From show + stopper.
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Forms
plural: showstoppersSynonyms
3 synonyms- something that is strikingly attractive or has great popular appeal:show-stopper
- an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down:show-stopperstopper