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▪ I. popper, n.|ˈpɒpə(r)|
[f. pop v.1 + -er1.]
†1. A small dagger. Obs.
c1386Chaucer Reeve's T. 11 A ioly poppere baar he in his pouche Ther was no man for peril dorste hym touche.
2. One who or a thing which makes a popping sound.
a. A gun, fire-arm, or the like; spec. a pistol (slang).
b. One who shoots; a gunner.
1750Coventry Pompey Litt. i. xvi. (1785) 40/1, I..bought a second-hand pair of poppers. 1826P. Hawker Diary (1893) I. 291 Spoiled by some rascally shore popper. 1834Buckstone Agnes de Vere ii. iii, I've an excellent case of poppers here that I always keep loaded. 1845Browning Englishman in Italy 280 On the plain will the trumpets join chorus And more poppers bang.
3. A utensil for popping ‘corn’ (maize). See also corn popper s.v. corn n.1 11. U.S.
1875Knight Dict. Mech., Popper,..usually a wire basket, which is held over the fire and shaken or revolved so as to keep the corn moving. 1893W. D. Howells Coast of Bohemia 207 She bought a popper and three ears of corn. 1911S. E. White Bobby Orde (1916) xviii. 201 The pan..was replenished with popcorn, Bobby unhooked the long-handled wire popper from its nail..and set to work over the open fire. 1949Sat. Even. Post 21 May 36/2 It operates popcorn machines on a concession basis..and turns out home poppers for the kitchen trade. 1957Heseltine & Dow New Basic Cook Bk. (rev. ed.) 592 Success in popping corn depends upon the quality of the popcorn and the equipment used as well as the skill of the person doing the popping. For popping over coals, a wire popper may be used; for cooking on a gas or electric range, a pressure saucepan or a heavy frying pan with a tightly fitting lid is more satisfactory. Electric corn poppers are convenient. 1972F. van W. Mason Roads to Liberty 179 When she bent over to pop a popper of corn [etc.].
4. One who moves promptly and quietly.
1825New Monthly Mag. XIV. 194 The popper over to France and peep-taker at Holland.
5. In Cricket, a ball that pops (pop v.1 8 e) when bowled.
1857Bell's Life in London 19 July 7/5 Mortlock defended his wicket well against the ‘breakers’ and ‘poppers’, which had by that time commenced their work. 1870Baily's Monthly Mag. July 295 Mr. Grace was caught at point off a ‘popper’ of Emmett's. 1921G. R. C. Harris Few Short Runs ii. 38 In my first Eton v. Harrow Match I calculated the batsman had to stop something like three shooters every eight balls, and at the same time one had to look out for poppers.
6. (The snapper on) a whip-lash. U.S.
1870Great Trans-Continental Tourist's Guide (rev. ed.) 27/1 How often the sharp ring of the ‘popper’ aroused the timid hare or graceful antelope? 1877H. Ruede Sod-House Days (1937) 80 The lash is about l½ inches thick at the handle, and tapers to the popper, and a good hand will make them crack like a pistol. 1934Amer. Ballads & Folk Songs 375 And the stage-driver loves the popper of his whip. 1935[see bull-whip (bull n.1 11)].
7. A press-fastener.
1959Woman 9 May 46/4 Sandwich a length of plastic foam between two layers of canvas held together with poppers. 1970Guardian 17 June 13/6 He would help me dress him in his night things, laboriously doing up every popper and zip. 1973Times 15 May 20/2 (caption) Beach bloomers in striped lawn have big sleeves to save shoulders from burning and practical poppers between the legs. 1974N. Freeling Dressing of Diamond 33 Bernard, stop it, you're bursting my poppers.
Add:8. a. One who takes pills (esp. of stimulant drugs) freely; a ‘pill-popper’. Also, any drug-taker. Orig. as the final element in Combs. colloq. (orig. U.S.).
1936, etc. [see joy-popper s.v. joy n. 10]. 1953[see skin-popper s.v. skin n. 16]. 1967Evening Echo (Bournemouth) 28 Aug. 9/3, I suppose that the natural contempt that a sophisticated man feels towards ‘Flower-boys’, ‘Beatnicks’ and Poppers has somehow to be explained away. 1985Marketing Mag. (N.Z.) July 13/1 Most New Zealanders, twenty or even ten years ago, would have dismissed vitamin poppers, joggers or vegetarians as ‘nuts’.
b. A capsule of amyl or (iso)butyl nitrite, taken by drug-users for its stimulant effect; a bottle or other container of the drug. Freq. in pl. slang (orig. U.S.).
The capsule is typically crushed or ‘popped’, and the drug taken by inhalation.
1967J. Didion Slouching towards Bethlehem (1968) i. 80 Las Vegas..a place the tone of which is set by mobsters and call girls and ladies' room attendants with amyl nitrite poppers in their uniform pockets. 1969E. M. Brecher Sex Researchers (1970) 320 Among the many drugs which came into use during the 1960's..was the ‘popper’—a capsule containing a volatile chemical previously used by victims of heart disease. 1979S. Wilson Glad Hand i. i. 9 Bill... Give him a popper... Carson (breaking popper under Clement's nose) Personally, I never touch the stuff until five seconds after orgasm. Bad for the heart. 1982New Scientist 16 Dec. 715/1 Poppers are commonly bought through sex shops, and if the bottles are labelled at all, their chemical contents are rarely listed. 1985R. Silverberg Tom O'Bedlam (1986) vi. i. 208 She closed the door behind him and looked about for something to offer him, a drink, a popper, anything to calm him. 1988Times Lit. Suppl. 29 May 597/3 Maybe immune-system failure was due to ‘poppers’—for then the condition would be self-inflicted, and thus self-limiting.
▪ II. † ˈpopper, v. Obs. rare—1.
In 4 poper.
[freq. of pop v.1: see -er5.]
intr. To ‘pop’ to and fro; to ‘pop about’; to trot.
1362Langl. P. Pl. A. xi. 210 Ac now is religioun a ridere & a rennere aboute,..Poperiþ on a palfrey [B. x. 308 A priker on a palfray] to toune and to toune. |