A popper is a device for fastening clothes. It consists of two pieces of plastic or metal which you press together.
[British]regional note: in AM, use snap fastener, snap
2. countable noun
A popper is a pan or basket that you use when making popcorn.
[mainly US]
popper in British English
(ˈpɒpə)
noun
1.
a person or thing that pops
2. British an informal name for press stud
3. mainly US and Canadian
a container for cooking popcorn in
4. slang
an amyl nitrite capsule, which is crushed and its contents inhaled by drug users as a stimulant
Popper in British English
(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
Popperian (pɒˈpɪərɪən)
noun, adjective
Popper in American English
(ˈpɑpər)
Sirˈ Karl Raiˌmund (ˈʀaɪˌmʊnt) 1902-94; Brit. philosopher, born in Austria
popper in American English
(ˈpɑpər)
noun
1.
a person or thing that pops
2. US
a covered wire basket or pan for popping corn
3. US, Slang
a capsule containing amyl nitrite or, now more commonly, butyl nitrite, used as a stimulant
All related terms of 'popper'
pill popper
a person who habitually takes drugs in the form of pills
party popper
a small plastic cylinder which, when a string is pulled , makes a small bang and fires thin paper streamers into the air
eyepopper
a very exciting thing
joy-pop
to inject a narcotic drug under the skin, esp. in small quantities and infrequently
skin-pop
the subcutaneous or intramuscular injection of a narcotic
Chinese translation of 'popper'
popper
(ˈpɔpəʳ)
n(c)
(Brit, inf, for fastening) 摁扣(釦)儿(兒) (ènkoù'r) (颗, kē)
(esp US, for popcorn) 爆爆米花的器皿 (bào bàomǐhuā de qìmǐn)