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popper
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun popper has 3 senses
- popper(n = noun.person) karl popper, sir karl raimund popper - British philosopher (born in Austria) who argued that scientific theories can never be proved to be true, but are tested by attempts to falsify them (1902-1994); Array is a kind of philosopher
- popper(n = noun.artifact) Array - a container of stimulant drug (amyl nitrate or butyl nitrite); Array is a kind of excitant, stimulant, stimulant drug
- popper(n = noun.artifact) Array - a container for cooking popcorn; Array is a kind of cooker
Derived form verb pop12
CIDE DICTIONARY
popper, n.
A utensil for popping corn, usually a wire basket with a long handle. [1913 Webster]
popper, n.
A dagger. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
popper, n.
1 Brit. colloq. a press-stud.
2 a person or thing that pops.
3 colloq. a small vial of amyl nitrite used for inhalation.
1 Brit. colloq. a press-stud.
2 a person or thing that pops.
3 colloq. a small vial of amyl nitrite used for inhalation.
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