doorstop🔊

Any device or object used to halt the motion of a door, as a large or heavy object, a wedge, or some piece of hardware fixed to the floor, door or wall.

(book) (jocular) A large book, {{n-g|which by implication could be used to stop a door}}.

(nonstandard) (id=thick slice of bread).

(Australia) An interview with a politician or other public figure (apparently informal or spontaneous but often planned), as they enter or leave a building.