ALL meanings of popper
pop·per
P p - noun plural popper drug: amyl nitrate 1
- noun popper person: takes many pills 1
- noun popper Sir Karl (Raimund) [rey-muh nd] /ˈreɪ mənd/ (Show IPA), 1902–1994, British philosopher, born in Austria. 1
- countable noun popper A popper is a device for fastening clothes. It consists of two pieces of plastic or metal which you press together. 0
- countable noun popper A popper is a pan or basket that you use when making popcorn. 0
- noun popper a person or thing that pops 0
- noun popper a container for cooking popcorn in 0
- noun popper an amyl nitrite capsule, which is crushed and its contents inhaled by drug users as a stimulant 0
- noun popper Sir Karl. 1902–94, British philosopher, born in Vienna. In The Logic of Scientific Discovery (1934), he proposes that knowledge cannot be absolutely confirmed, but rather that science progresses by the experimental refutation of the current theory and its consequent replacement by a new theory, equally provisional but covering more of the known data. The Open Society and its Enemies (1945) is a critique of dogmatic political philosophies, such as Marxism. Other works are The Poverty of Historicism (1957), Conjectures and Refutations (1963), and Objective Knowledge (1972) 0
- noun popper Sirˈ Karl Raiˌmund (ˈʀaɪˌmʊnt) ; rīˈmoontˌ) 1902-94; Brit. philosopher, born in Austria 0
- noun popper a covered wire basket or pan for popping corn 0
- noun popper a capsule containing amyl nitrite or, now more commonly, butyl nitrite, used as a stimulant 0