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showstopper
noun as in delay
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Strong matches
noun as in retardation
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Example Sentences
Spinning gracefully around a silver pole to disco medley, she contorted her body into a series of improbable positions with even more improbable names like “The Chopstick,” “The Jade Split” and “The Black Sun split” — a showstopper in which she gripped the pole between her belly and thigh and hung upside down holding a foot with each hand.
Another sees the two jailbirds singing the “Sweet Charity” showstopper “If My Friends Could See Me Now.”
This week’s showstopper challenge, which was broadcast on Tuesday evening, required the bakers to create a puppet theatre out of biscuits.
Georgie’s showstopper was a ‘Welsh Festival’, decorated with chocolate biscuit folk dancers.
One of the best moments features Garret Morris doing a sound check by belting out “Gonna Get Me a Shotgun,” a hilariously race-baiting showstopper.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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