popper
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
Etymology: From Middle English poppere, equivalent to pop + -er (suffix forming agent noun).
Etymology 1 sense 8 ("capsule of amyl nitrite") is derived from the popping sound when the capsule is broken open; from which etymology 1 sense 9 also derives.
Base: pop
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: poppers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who or that which pops.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A floating lure designed to splash when the fishing line is twitched.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Either of a pair of interlocking discs commonly used in place of buttons to fasten clothing, a snap fastener.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: “Finished the last one at three this morning, apart from bits and bobs and poppers. Quite frankly, I'm dead!”
gloss: A device that pops kernels of corn to produce popcorn.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A stuffed and usually breaded jalapeño.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: You mix habs into the cheese before stuffing your poppers […]
“Where to, you crazy kids?” “Buffalo Wild Wings. It's all you can eat jalapeno poppers night.”
“What are those things you are always eating?” “Pizza bagels?” “No.” “Pizza rolls?” “No.” “Pizza poppers?” “No.” “Pizzaritos?” “No.” “Pizza pockets?” “That's it.”
“Man, how long was I asleep? Those skeeto poppers really knocked me out.”
gloss: A looner (balloon fetishist) who prefers to burst balloons.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Looners (as they call themselves) can generally be divided into two categories, regardless of whether they prefer their balloon play with a partner or alone: poppers and non-poppers.
gloss: A capsule of amyl nitrite, a recreational drug used during sex.
pos: noun
tags: countable
informal
examples: If a person inhales a popper on the brink — the very brink — of climax, then the orgasm is much more powerful.
Against all this was the counter-rhythm of the hip-flask and the drugs, that steady resorting at every pause for breath, to the swig of the secret drinker; or, high in his excitement, the burst of a popper and then the sucking sound of Cullen inhaling.
Then, suddenly, Vince sagged — light-headed. Too many poppers.
Looks like she's had too many poppers.
When she heard Tuercas snap open a popper, she raised her own eyes instinctively. / His face was flushed red with the drug as he held the ampule to his nose
I guess he was tricking with some other hustler a couple of days later and OD'd on one too many poppers—a heart attack in his sleep.
The annex still stood, and from inside came the grunting sounds of Eskimos and GIs in rut. Lavone was sitting near Rudy. He cracked an amyl popper.
Sucio paused in his dress-down of Barney's lineage, sexuality and potty habits to sample an amyl nitrate popper, which snapped his focus clear with cardiac paddle speed.
Too low. Must get higher! He cracked open a popper, inhaling deeply. Then another. For a brief but thankful moment, a faint high lifted through him. He clicked on the Internet icon, then his email. At that moment the marijuana, coke, and amyl nitrite collided in his bloodstream.
gloss: Amyl nitrate.
pos: noun
tags: informal
uncountable
examples: Ryan knelt up in bed with his knees against Kick's side. "You okay?" Ryan asked. / "Too much popper," he said. “Maybe I have jet lag.
Maybe he has some popper—that's a gay drug, right? Nicholas Nugent should at least have some popper . . . Art, leaning into the gaggle. Nicholas Nugent, shaking his pretty head. No popper. Do you think it's possible to popper yourself gay?
gloss: A dagger.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
Derived words: air popper
cherry-popper
eye-popper
finger-popper
K-popper
party popper
pill-popper
pill popper
pizza popper
popcorn popper
poppered
popper up
toe popper
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