popper

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒp.ə/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔp.ə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑ.pɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ɒpə(r)

From pop +‎ -er (“suffix forming agent noun”).

popper (plural poppers)

1. one who or that which pops
2. (obsolete) a dagger
   • 14thC, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Reves Tale, The Canterbury Tales, 2003, Walter W. Skeat (editor) Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Part 2, The Reeve's Prologue ,

     A joly popper baar he in his pouche ; / Ther was no man for peril dorste him touche.

3. a short piece of twisted string tied to the end of a whip that creates the distinctive sound when the whip is thrown or cracked

   Synonym: cracker

4. (informal) a capsule of amyl nitrite for recreational use as a sexual stimulant
5. (fishing) a floating lure designed to splash when the fishing line is twitched
6. either of a pair of interlocking discs commonly used in place of buttons to fasten clothing, a snap fastener

   Synonyms: snap, snap fastener, press stud

7. a device that pops kernels of corn to produce popcorn
8. a stuffed and usually breaded jalapeño
   • 2003, James D. Campbell, Mr. Chilehead: Adventures in the Taste of Pain (page 168)

     You mix habs into the cheese before stuffing your poppers […]

From Popper (“a brand name”), a brand name owned by Queensland United Foods; from 1978.

popper (plural poppers)

1. (Australia) A juice box.
   • 1997 September 5, Richard Harrowell, “Advice on Skiing Europe”, in aus.snow, Usenet:

     Again buy your own food - for lunch you get some tomato, some Jambon Fume (proscuitto) and a baguette along with some poppers and your^[sic] have a feast.

popper m (plural poppers)

1. popper (capsule for recreational use as a sexual stimulant)