popper

[ pop-er ]
/ ˈpɒp ər /
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noun

a person or thing that pops.
a utensil, as a covered pan, used for popping corn.
Angling. chugger.
a vial of amyl or butyl nitrite abused as a vasodilator for the effect of exhilaration.

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Origin of popper

1740–50; pop1 + -er1; compare Middle English poppere a small dagger

Words nearby popper

popov, popover, poppa, poppadom, poppaea sabina, popper, poppet, poppet head, poppethead, poppied, popping crease

Definition for popper (2 of 2)

Popper
[ pop-er ]
/ ˈpɒp ər /

noun

Sir Karl (Rai·mund) [rey-muh nd] /ˈreɪ mənd/,1902–1994, British philosopher, born in Austria.
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Words related to popper

affected, pop, avant-garde, in, wild, arch, mod, posturing, erotic, turn-on, artificial, mannered, ostentatious, Daliesque, amative, amatory, amorous

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British Dictionary definitions for popper (1 of 2)

popper
/ (ˈpɒpə) /

noun

a person or thing that pops
British an informal name for press stud
mainly US and Canadian a container for cooking popcorn in
slang an amyl nitrite capsule, which is crushed and its contents inhaled by drug users as a stimulant

British Dictionary definitions for popper (2 of 2)

Popper
/ (ˈpɒpə) /

noun

Sir Karl. 1902–94, British philosopher, born in Vienna. In The Logic of Scientific Discovery (1934), he proposes that knowledge cannot be absolutely confirmed, but rather that science progresses by the experimental refutation of the current theory and its consequent replacement by a new theory, equally provisional but covering more of the known data. The Open Society and its Enemies (1945) is a critique of dogmatic political philosophies, such as Marxism. Other works are The Poverty of Historicism (1957), Conjectures and Refutations (1963), and Objective Knowledge (1972)

Derived forms of Popper

Popperian (pɒˈpɪərɪən), noun, adjective
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Medical definitions for popper

popper
[ pŏp′ər ]

n.

An ampule of amyl nitrite or butyl nitrite used as a stimulant drug.
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