stop up

Questions about stop up

What does stop up mean?

stop up means "fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug".

What is another word for stop up?

Close synonyms include plug, secure. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is stop up a common word?

stop up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.