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Whatever moisture is left in the popcorn when it gets from harvest to bag to your popper is what's going to determine how well the corn pops.
Ken Kercheval

Meaning of "popper" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF POPPER

popper  [ˈpɒpə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POPPER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Popper is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES POPPER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Popper

Popper may refer to: ▪ Jalapeño popper, a type of food ▪ Poppers, the family of drugs that are a subset of a class of chemicals known as alkyl nitrites ▪ Poppers, a brand of frozen food owned by Heinz ▪ Popper, a person dancing in a certain street/funk style ▪ Popper, a floating Sea Fishing Poppers or fly with a cupped or flat, forward-facing indentation that splashes the surface of the water with a popping sound when tugged ▪ A hip pop musician ▪ Popper, a ball that rises sharply from the pitch when bowled in cricket ▪ Popper, a Juicebox ▪ Popper buttons, another term for "snap fasteners" ▪ Poppers, an alternate name for tearaway pants in British English ▪ Party popper, a small 'toy' filled with confetti streamers and a small explosive charge to release them ▪ Bang snaps, small novelty fireworks that produce a loud snapping sound when thrown on the ground ▪ Poppers, a slang term for Papadum, an Indian crisp wafer or cracker...

Definition of popper in the English dictionary

The first definition of popper in the dictionary is a person or thing that pops. Other definition of popper is a container for cooking popcorn in. Popper is also an amyl nitrite capsule, which is crushed and its contents inhaled by drug users as a stimulant.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POPPER


chopper
ˈtʃɒpə
copper
ˈkɒpə
cropper
ˈkrɒpə
dropper
ˈdrɒpə
eyedropper
ˈaɪˌdrɒpə
eyepopper
ˈaɪˌpɒpə
flopper
ˈflɒpə
grasshopper
ˈɡrɑːsˌhɒpə
hopper
ˈhɒpə
improper
ɪmˈprɒpə
joypopper
ˈdʒɔɪˌpɒpə
name-dropper
ˈneɪmdrɒpə
poppa
ˈpɒpə
proper
ˈprɒpə
shopper
ˈʃɒpə
showstopper
ˈʃəʊstɒpə
stopper
ˈstɒpə
stropper
ˈstrɒpə
topper
ˈtɒpə
whopper
ˈwɒpə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POPPER

poppa
poppadom
poppadum
popped
Popperian
poppering
poppet
poppet head
poppet valve
poppied
poppier
poppies
poppiest
popping
popping crease
poppish
poppit
popple
popply
poppy

WORDS THAT END LIKE POPPER

bopper
chart topper
come a cropper
Dopper
eavesdropper
flip-flopper
gobstopper
knee-high to a grasshopper
lopper
mopper
mystery shopper
party popper
pepper
personal shopper
pill popper
rockhopper
sharecropper
show stopper
swopper
window-shopper
woodchopper

Synonyms and antonyms of popper in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «popper» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POPPER

Find out the translation of popper to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of popper from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «popper» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

波普尔
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

popper
570 millions of speakers

English

popper
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पॉपर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بوبر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

поппер
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

popper
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পপার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

popper
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Popper
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

popper
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ポッパー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

포퍼
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Popper
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

popper
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பாப்பர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Popper
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çıtçıt
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bottone automatico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

popper
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

поппер
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Popper
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

popper
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Popper
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

popper
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Popper
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of popper

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POPPER»

The term «popper» is quite widely used and occupies the 29.361 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POPPER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about popper

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QUOTES WITH «POPPER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word popper.
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Ken Kercheval
Whatever moisture is left in the popcorn when it gets from harvest to bag to your popper is what's going to determine how well the corn pops.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POPPER»

Discover the use of popper in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to popper and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge
Conjectures and Refutations is one of Karl Popper's most wide-ranging and popular works, notable not only for its acute insight into the way scientific knowledge grows, but also for applying those insights to politics and to history.
Karl Raimund Popper, 2002
2
The Logic of Scientific Discovery
Described by the philosopher A.J. Ayer as a work of 'great originality and power', this book revolutionized contemporary thinking on science and knowledge.
Karl Popper, 2014
3
The Open Society and Its Enemies
'If in this book harsh words are spoken about some of the greatest among the intellectual leaders of mankind, my motive is not, I hope, to belittle them.
Karl Raimund Popper, Václav Havel, Ernst Hans Josef Gombrich, 2011
4
Mr. Popper's Penguins
This ebook features an illustrated biography of Richard and Florence Atwater including rare photos from the authors’ estate.
Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater, Robert Lawson, 2011
5
Popper
First published in 1974. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Bryan Magee, 1974
6
All Life is Problem Solving
This collection illuminates Popper's process of working out key formulations in his theory of science, and indicates his view of the state of the world at the end of the Cold War and after the collapse of communism.
Karl Popper, 2013
7
Kuhn Vs. Popper: The Struggle for the Soul of Science
Steve Fuller argues that not only has Kuhn's dominance had an adverse impact on the field but both thinkers have been radically misinterpreted in the process.
Steve Fuller, 2004
8
The Poverty of Historicism
Hailed on publication in 1957 as 'probably the only book published this year that will outlive the century', this is a devastating criticism of the idea that there are fixed laws in history and that human beings are able to predict them.
Karl Popper, 2013
9
Karl Popper - The Formative Years, 1902-1945: Politics and ...
This 2001 biography reassesses philosopher Karl Popper's life and works within the context of interwar Vienna.
Malachi Haim Hacohen, 2002
10
After Popper, Kuhn and Feyerabend: Recent Issues in Theories ...
The papers in this volume show that issues in methodology are still very much alive. Some of the papers reinvestigate issues in the debate over methodology, while others set out new ways in which the debate has developed in the last decade.
Robert Nola, H. Sankey, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POPPER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term popper is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Welshman puts party popper in cigarette to teach friend the dangers …
What most of us wouldn't do, however, is dismantle a party popper and insert it into a cigarette to teach your smoking companion a lesson. «South Wales Evening Post, Jul 15»
2
Another (Criminal) Use Case For Bitcoin — Ransom
Popper, the author of “Digital Gold,” which explores the fascinating ... For example, as Popper points to in his piece, there was recently an attack ... «PYMNTS.com, Jul 15»
3
Nasal balloon therapy helps fluid buildup in middle ear common to …
MacCormick said doctors at CHEO employ a similar technique using a device called the Ear Popper. But it costs close to US$200 online, where ... «Squamish Chief, Jul 15»
4
Wool and the Gang hosts knitting party in SF
Wool and the Gang was founded by textile designers Aurelie Popper and Jade Hardwood along with former model, Elisabeth Sabrier and ... «SFGate, Jul 15»
5
As Huckabee doubles-down on his Holocaust comments, here's a …
Which he proved by recounting how he used to eat fried squirrel out a popcorn popper when he was in college. I take it that means “Fried ... «Salon, Jul 15»
6
Meet the Osborne
The troika's back. BY Helen Popper. Perhaps the biggest reversal Tsipras made to keep Greece in the eurozone. 24/7/15 12:56 PM CEST ... «Politico, Jul 15»
7
Miss Jamie shares her farm in Glenview concert series
"This is a fabulous event," said Michelle Popper of the Glenview Park District. "It's a kids centered, family-friendly event." Attendees included ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
8
NFL issues new PSI guidelines for officials following Patriots …
NFL issues new PSI guidelines for officials following Patriots' DeflateGate controversy. BY Daniel Popper. NEW YORK DAILY NEWS. Monday ... «New York Daily News, Jul 15»
9
Vladimir Putin says FIFA president Sepp Blatter deserves Nobel Prize
Vladimir Putin says FIFA president Sepp Blatter deserves Nobel Prize. BY Daniel Popper. NEW YORK DAILY NEWS. Monday, July 27, 2015, ... «New York Daily News, Jul 15»
10
Europe and US divided on Turkish airstrikes
The troika's back. BY Helen Popper. Perhaps the biggest reversal Tsipras made to keep Greece in the eurozone. 24/7/15 12:56 PM CEST ... «Politico, Jul 15»

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