Definitions

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  • adjective having narrow opening filled
  • adjective (of a nose) blocked

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Examples

  • Then there was the possible 1902 murder of Emile Zola, who died in his sleep of carbon-monoxide poisoning caused by a stopped-up chimney.

    Dave Astor: Life Spans of Literary Giants Dave Astor 2012

  • Then there was the possible 1902 murder of Emile Zola, who died in his sleep of carbon-monoxide poisoning caused by a stopped-up chimney.

    Dave Astor: Life Spans of Literary Giants Dave Astor 2012

  • Hard runoff has spread the driveway with seeds, green talcum, the sex of things, packed like plaster against shutters and tool boxes, the sides of the barn, and the force of water pouring down from the stopped-up gullet of gutter has drilled holes deep in the mud.

    Hungry 2009

  • Hard runoff has spread the driveway with seeds, green talcum, the sex of things, packed like plaster against shutters and tool boxes, the sides of the barn, and the force of water pouring down from the stopped-up gullet of gutter has drilled holes deep in the mud.

    Hungry 2009

  • Simmer with stopped-up rage that this thing he did, his hand on your shoulder, has just been joked about as fun and exciting.

    Valentines, part the first mllelaurel 2009

  • The English and their drains are just too damned stopped-up, which provide Boyer and Jones--her first, highly successful attempt at comedy--golden opportunities to delight us at every turn.

    Penelope Andrew: Cinematic Enchantment via Lubitsch & Chomet: Cluny Brown Revived at Film Forum, The Illusionist Debuts in NY/LA Penelope Andrew 2010

  • The English and their drains are just too damned stopped-up, which provide Boyer and Jones--her first, highly successful attempt at comedy--golden opportunities to delight us at every turn.

    Penelope Andrew: Cinematic Enchantment via Lubitsch & Chomet: Cluny Brown Revived at Film Forum, The Illusionist Debuts in NY/LA Penelope Andrew 2010

  • If you asked any one of us to do something incredibly unpleasant (like cleaning a stopped-up toilet), we would probably think of a million ways we could avoid doing that task.

    How to Bribe Yourself to Do Nasty Things 2009

  • The topic is a prickly one, and the film is not without its dark, squalid moments (at one point, Elias is forced to unblock a stopped-up toilet with his bare hands).

    A Migrant’s Fable 2009

  • * I am buried on the sofa under the sore throat, stopped-up ears, gooey eyes, and words, words, words.

    One Late, One On Time! khaybee 2009

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