popper

Dictionary: pop·per

(pŏp'ər)

One that pops.
A container or pan for making popcorn.
Slang. An ampoule of amyl nitrite or butyl nitrite, used illicitly to induce euphoria and enhance sexual stimulation.

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An early Unix POP server, which was written at the University of California at Berkeley.

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Popper may refer to:

Popper (see Popping), a person dancing in a certain street/funk style
Poppers, the family of drugs that are a subset of a class of chemicals known as alkyl nitrites
Popper, a floating fishing lure or fly with a cupped or flat, forward-facing indentation that splashes the the surface of the water with a popping sound when tugged
Popper, a ball that rises sharply from the pitch when bowled ('pops up') in cricket
Popper, a Juicebox (Australian English)
Popper buttons, another term for "snap fasteners"
Party popper, a small 'toy' filled with confetti streamers and a small explosive charge to release them
Poppers, a slang term for Papadum, an Indian crispy wafer or cracker

Popper as a family name

Albert Popper, Mayor of Vimperk and official doctor of the Schwarzenberg Princes
Ami Popper, convicted murderer
David Popper, composer and cellist
David H. Popper, diplomat
Frank Popper, art historian
Frank James Popper, Rutgers urban planner
Joachim Edler von Popper, Court Jew and lessee of the Habsburg tobacco monopoly
John Popper, musician
Josef Popper (1838-1921), Austrian engineer and author
Julius Popper, Romanian explorer
Karl Popper (1902-1994), philosopher
Ota Pavel, Czech author (born Otto Popper)
Robert Popper, comedy producer, writer and actor
Siegfried Popper (1848-1933), Austrian naval constructor
William Popper (1874-1963), American Orientalist
Wilma Popper (1857-?), Hungarian authoress; born at Győr

Poppers as a family name

Jacob ben Benjamin Cohen Poppers, German rabbi; born at Prague in the middle of the 17th century
Meir ben Judah Leib Poppers (ca 1624-1662), Bohemian rabbi and cabalist

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Translations: Popper

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - netkurv til majsristning, trykknap

Nederlands (Dutch)
drukknoop, popper, pistool

Français (French)
n. - (GB) bouton-pression, (US, Culin) poêle (pour faire des popcorns), nitrite d'amyle (argot des drogués)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Druckknopf

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (Βρετ.) σούστα (είδος διπλού κουμπιού), φιαλίδιο αμυλικού νιτρίτη

Italiano (Italian)
bottone automatico, pillola di droga, fialetta di allucinogeno

Português (Portuguese)
n. - atirador (m), pipoqueira (f), milho de pipoca (m)

Русский (Russian)
пистолет, таблетка амилонитрита

Español (Spanish)
n. - corchete, cierre automático

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tryckknapp, skytt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
发出啪的一声者, 枪, 爆竹, 炮手

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 發出啪的一聲者, 槍, 爆竹, 炮手

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 펑 소리를 내는 사람, 사수, 포수

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ポンポンいうもの, 花火, スナップ, ひょっこり来る人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) وعاء لتحميص الذرو حتى تتفتق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מתג-לחיצה, כלי לקליית תירס, דבר המשמיע קול-נפץ, בקבוקון עם מלח אמייל להרחה‬

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