1.
[syn: Popper, Karl Popper, Sir Karl Raimund Popper]
2. a container of stimulant drug (amyl nitrate or butyl nitrite);
3. a container for cooking popcorn;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Popper \Pop"per\, n.
A utensil for popping corn, usually a wire basket with a long
handle.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Popper \Pop"per\, n.
A dagger. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Popper
n 1: British philosopher (born in Austria) who argued that
scientific theories can never be proved to be true, but are
tested by attempts to falsify them (1902-1994) [syn:
Popper, Karl Popper, Sir Karl Raimund Popper]
2: a container of stimulant drug (amyl nitrate or butyl nitrite)
3: a container for cooking popcorn