show-stopper or show·stop·per [shoh-stop-er] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
- a spectacularly arresting or appealing person or thing: This bright plaid suit is a real show-stopper.
Origin of show-stopper First recorded in 1945–50 Related formsshow-stop·ping, show·stop·ping, adjective Examples from the Web for show-stopping Contemporary Examples of show-stopping
Throughout, the contestants must look perfect, arriving at the show with a wardrobe of show-stopping looks.
All the Ways Contestants on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Have to Be Crazy Perfect
Kelly Williams Brown
April 29, 2014
But unlike Strauss-Kahn’s show-stopping shocker, the case against Lagarde is anything but sudden.
Tracy McNicoll
August 4, 2011
Natalia Vodianova closed the collection in a show-stopping liquid gold lamé mini-dress.
The Daily Beast
February 14, 2010