popper
Syllables: pop·perUK/ˈpɒp.ə/US/ˈpɑ.pɚ/
popper noun: one who or that which pops.
Noun (1)
popper (countable and uncountable, plural poppers)
- One who or that which pops.
- A short piece of twisted string tied to the end of a whip that creates the distinctive sound when the whip is thrown or cracked.
- Synonyms:
- cracker
- A floating lure designed to splash when the fishing line is twitched.
- Either of a pair of interlocking discs commonly used in place of buttons to fasten clothing, a snap fastener.
- “Finished the last one at three this morning, apart from bits and bobs and poppers. Quite frankly, I'm dead!”1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 124
- Synonyms:
- snap, snap fastener, press stud
- A device that pops kernels of corn to produce popcorn.
- A stuffed and usually breaded jalapeño.
- You mix habs into the cheese before stuffing your poppers […]2003, James D. Campbell, Mr. Chilehead: Adventures in the Taste of Pain, page 168
- “Where to, you crazy kids?” “Buffalo Wild Wings. It's all you can eat jalapeno poppers night.”2012 April 25, Erik Richter, “Fools for Love” (20:37 from the start), in Ugly Americans, season 2, episode 17, spoken by Callie Maggotbone (Natasha Leggero)
- A looner (balloon fetishist) who prefers to burst balloons.
- Looners (as they call themselves) can generally be divided into two categories, regardless of whether they prefer their balloon play with a partner or alone: poppers and non-poppers.2019, Dennis DiClaudio, The Deviant's Pocket Guide to the Outlandish Sexual Desires Barely Contained in Your Subconscious, page 87
- A capsule of amyl nitrite, a recreational drug used during sex.
- If a person inhales a popper on the brink — the very brink — of climax, then the orgasm is much more powerful.1986, Mary Bringle, The Senator's Daughter, page 55
- Against all this was the counter-rhythm of the hip-flask and the drugs, that steady resorting at every pause for breath, to the swig of the secret drinker; or, high in his excitement, the burst of a popper and then the sucking sound of Cullen inhaling.1986, Stephen Koch, The Bachelors' Bride, page 240
- Amyl nitrate.
- Ryan knelt up in bed with his knees against Kick's side. "You okay?" Ryan asked. / "Too much popper," he said. “Maybe I have jet lag.2005, Jack Fritscher, Some Dance to Remember: A Memoir-novel of San Francisco, 1970-1982, page 340
- Maybe he has some popper—that's a gay drug, right? Nicholas Nugent should at least have some popper . . . Art, leaning into the gaggle. Nicholas Nugent, shaking his pretty head. No popper. Do you think it's possible to popper yourself gay?2019, Lars Iyer, Nietzsche and the Burbs, page 38
- A dagger.
Noun (2)
popper (plural poppers)
Proper noun capitalized: Popper
Popper
- A surname from German.
Examples of popper in a sentence
- “What are those things you are always eating?” “Pizza bagels?” “No.” “Pizza rolls?” “No.” “Pizza poppers?” “No.” “Pizzaritos?” “No.” “Pizza pockets?” “That's it.”2018 March 18, Andy Gosche, “Safe House” (8:08 from the start), in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, season 5, episode 12, spoken by Jake Peralta (Andy...
- Those skeeto poppers really knocked me out.”2022 July 13, Danielle Uhlarik, “The Rays That Turn People Into Various Things” (12:58 from the start), in Solar Opposites, season 3...
- When she heard Tuercas snap open a popper, she raised her own eyes instinctively. / His face was flushed red with the drug as he held the ampule to his nose1999, Ted Mooney, Singing Into the Piano, page 328:
- I guess he was tricking with some other hustler a couple of days later and OD'd on one too many poppers—a heart attack in his sleep.2002, Brendan Mullen, Don Bolles, Adam Parfrey, Lexicon Devil: The Fast Times and Short Life of Darby Crash and the Germs, page 195:
Synonyms of popper
Forms of popper
| plural | poppers |
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Origin of popper
From Middle English poppere, equivalent to pop + -er (suffix forming agent noun). Etymology 1 sense 8 ("capsule of amyl nitrite") is derived from the popping sound when the capsule is broken open; from which etymology 1 sense 9 also derives.
Genericized trademark of Popper (“a brand name”), an Australian juice brand owned by Queensland United Foods. First attested in 1978.
Words formed from popper
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Questions about popper
- What does popper mean?
- Popper means one who or that which pops.
- How do you use popper in a sentence?
- “What are those things you are always eating?” “Pizza bagels?” “No.” “Pizza rolls?” “No.” “Pizza poppers?” “No.” “Pizzaritos?” “No.” “Pizza pockets?” “That's it.”
- What part of speech is popper?
- Popper can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce popper?
- Popper is pronounced /ˈpɒp.ə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of popper?
- The plural of popper is poppers.
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