POPPER


Meaning of POPPER in English

/pop"euhr/ , n.

1. a person or thing that pops.

2. a utensil, as a covered pan, used for popping corn.

3. Angling. chugger.

4. a vial of amyl or butyl nitrite abused as a vasodilator for the effect of exhilaration.

[ 1740-50; POP 1 + -ER 1 ; cf. ME poppere a small dagger ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .