popper

See also: Popper

English

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

popper (plural poppers)

One who pops.
(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.
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.
(informal) A capsule of amyl nitrite for recreational use as a sexual stimulant.
(fishing) A floating lure designed to splash when the fishing line is twitched.
Either of a pair of interlocking discs commonly used in place of buttons to fasten clothing, a snap fastener.
A device that pops kernels of corn to produce popcorn.
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 […]

(twisted string tied to the end of a whip): cracker
(one of a pair of interlocking discs used instead of buttons): snap, snap fastener, press stud

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

popper (plural poppers)

(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)

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