poppern.

Brit.

/ˈpɒpə/, U.S.

/ˈpɑpər/

Forms: Middle English poppere, Middle English 1700s– popper.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pop v.¹, -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < pop v.¹ + -er suffix¹.The word apparently became obsolete during the Middle English period and was re-formed in the 18th cent.

†1. A small dagger. Obsolete. rare.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > knife or dagger > [noun] > types of

anlacec1300

misericord1324

bodkin1386

baselardc1390

popperc1390

wood-knife1426

spudc1440

pavade1477

bistoury1490

skene1527

dudgeon1548

sword dagger1567

machete1575

kris1589

bum dagger1596

stillado1607

stiletto1611

steelet1616

hanjar1621

pisaa1640

jockteleg1642

khanjar1684

bayonet1692

kuttar1696

parazonium1751

skene-ochles1754

scalping-knife1759

snick-a-snee1760

manchette1762

snickersnee1775

guard-dagger1786

boarding knife1807

scalp-knife1807

kukri1811

skene-dhu1811

parang1820

stylet1820

belt knife1831

bowie-knife1836

scalper1837

sheath-knife1837

toothpick1837

tumbok lada1839

snick-and-snee knife1843

tickler1844

bowie1846

toad-sticker1858

simi1860

scramasax1862

kinjal1863

left-hander1869

main gauche1869

aikuchi1875

tanto1885

toad-stabber1885

cinquedea1897

trench knife1898

puukko1925

panga1929

quillon dagger1950

flick-knife1957

ratchet knife1966

sai1973

ratchet1975

c1390 G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale 3931 A ioly poppere [v.r. popper] baar he in his pouche.

†a. colloquial. A person who fires a gun; a gunman. Obsolete.

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society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > one armed with or using firearm

shot1598

gun-man1624

popper1733

gunsman1766

firer1807

pluffer1828

gun1931

gunsel1942

gun-slinger1953

1733 Revol. Politicks vii. 71 The Mayor caused fourscore Poppers to be raised, who fought him and took eleven of his Men Prisoners.

1795 Times 2 Jan. 2/3 The pedestrians..place themselves exactly before the London poppers, as they were always sure to be wide enough of the mark!

1826 P. Hawker Diary (1893) I. 291 Spoiled by some rascally shore popper.

1853 Harper's Mag. Dec. 19/1 Mr. Dindon, a fine, athletic sportsman, not a dandaical popper at quails and hares, but a real Nimrod.

b. A gun, esp. a small one; spec. a pistol. Now slang.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun]

handgun1411

piece1575

small arms1685

popper1751

shooting-iron1775

pelter1827

squib1839

shooter1840

shooting-stick1845

Betsy1856

smoke-wagon1891

rod1903

gat1904

belt gun1905

roscoe1914

smoke-stick1927

heat1928

heater1929

smoke-pole1929

John Roscoe1932

1751 F. Coventry Hist. Pompey the Little (ed. 2) i. xvi. 138 I..bought a second-hand pair of poppers.

1790 J. Haslewood Secret Hist. Green Rooms II. 228 Now you shall be of the party—here are the poppers—come away—we have not a moment to lose.

1836 J. B. Buckstone Agnes de Vere ii. iii. 22 I've an excellent case of poppers here that I always keep loaded.

1845 R. Browning Eng. in Italy in Bells & Pomegranates No. VII: Dramatic Romances & Lyrics 280 On the plain will the trumpets join chorus And more poppers bang.

1889 C. H. Flemming Our Country Cousin (MS) ii. 69 One o' them dudes might have a ‘popper’ an' pop ye full o' holes—then what?

1983 G. Benford Against Infinity i. ii. 13 Manuel brought the little popper up slowly..aimed..and..fired.

3. A person who makes a brief visit; a person who frequently comes and goes. Also popper-in, popper-over. Now rare.

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society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > rapid

poster1538

gallopera1693

popper1760

1760 London Mag. May 258/2 Sir, we often suffer, by our mistresses being put out of humour for the whole afternoon by these Poppers-in, who think they have a right to oversee how they live.

1825 New Monthly Mag. 14 194 The popper over to France and peep-taker at Holland.

1851 E. C. Gaskell Let. Nov. (1966) 168 I don't mean to have odd poppers-in, in an evening.

1995 Independent on Sunday 23 July 21/3 They are the relentless poppers-in and ringers-up, the faffers, the control freaks and the talkaholics.

4. Cricket. A ball that rises sharply from the pitch when bowled. Cf. pop v.¹ 3d.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [noun] > a ball bowled > types of delivery or ball

full toss1826

long hop1830

twister1832

bail ball1833

bailer1833

grubber1837

slow ball1838

wide1838

ground ball1839

shooter1843

slower ball1846

twiddler1847

creeper1848

lob1851

sneak1851

sneaker1851

slow1854

bumper1855

teaser1856

daisy-cutter1857

popper1857

yorker1861

sharpshooter1863

headball1866

screwball1866

underhand1866

skimmerc1868

grub1870

ramrod1870

raymonder1870

round-armer1871

grass cutter1876

short pitch1877

leg break1878

lob ball1880

off-break1883

donkey-drop1888

tice1888

fast break1889

leg-breaker1892

kicker1894

spinner1895

wrong 'un1897

googly1903

fizzer1904

dolly1906

short ball1911

wrong 'un1911

bosie1912

bouncer1913

flyer1913

percher1913

finger-spinner1920

inswinger1920

outswinger1920

swinger1920

off-spinner1924

away swinger1925

Chinaman1929

overspinner1930

tweaker1938

riser1944

leg-cutter1949

seamer1952

leggy1954

off-cutter1955

squatter1955

flipper1959

lifter1959

cutter1960

beamer1961

loosener1962

doosra1999

1857 Bell's Life in London 19 July 7/5 Mortlock defended his wicket well against the ‘breakers’ and ‘poppers’, which had by that time commenced their work.

1870 Baily's Monthly Mag. July 295 Mr. Grace was caught at point off a ‘popper’ of Emmett's.

1921 G. R. C. Harris Few Short Runs ii. 38 In my first Eton v. Harrow Match I calculated the batsman had to stop something like three shooters every eight balls, and at the same time one had to look out for poppers.

2003 Observer (Nexis) 23 Feb. (Sports pages) 13 Against Harbhajan's aggressive, wristy turners and poppers, he and the England top order will again be examined by the turning ball.

5. Chiefly U.S. A wire pan or other appliance used to make popcorn. Cf. corn-popper n. at corn n.¹ Compounds 4.

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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > stove or cooker > [noun] > cookers for nuts or corn

popper1862

peanut roaster1872

chestnut-roaster1909

1862 Arthur's Home Mag. Oct. 241/1 ‘Take a kernel of corn,’ she said, bestowing a handful in the popper and shaking it over the coals.

a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. II. 1764/2 Popper,..usually a wire basket, which is held over the fire and shaken or revolved so as to keep the corn moving.

1893 W. D. Howells Coast of Bohemia 207 She bought a popper and three ears of corn.

1910 S. E. White Adventures of Bobby Orde xviii. 264 The pan..was replenished with popcorn. Bobby unhooked the long-handled wire popper from its nail..and set to work over the open fire.

1949 Sat. Evening Post 21 May 36/2 It operates popcorn machines on a concession basis..and turns out home poppers for the kitchen trade.

2003 Scholastic News 17 Nov. 2 b/1 Whether it's prepared over a fire, in a microwave, or in an electric popper, popcorn always pops the same way.

6. U.S. An attachment on the end of a whip with which a cracking sound can be produced.

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society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > instrument or place of corporal punishment > [noun] > whip or scourge > whip-lash > part making cracking sound

cracker1835

popper1870

1870 Great Trans-continental Tourist's Guide (rev. ed.) 27/1 How often the sharp ring of the ‘popper’ aroused the timid hare or graceful antelope?

1877 H. Ruede Sod-house Days (1937) 80 The lash is about l½ inches thick at the handle, and tapers to the popper, and a good hand will make them crack like a pistol.

1935 J. Steinbeck To God Unknown xxii. 205 Romas snapped his bull-whip and the popper spat up the dirt like an explosion.

2003 Tampa (Florida) Tribune (Nexis) 5 Dec. (Sports section) 8 In expert hands, the crack of the popper on the end has the volume of a .22 rifle.

7. Angling. An artificial lure which makes a popping sound when moved along the surface of the water.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > lure with one or more hooks

plug1917

plunker1930

plug bait1933

popper1936

chugger1938

1936 Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune 4 Aug. 7/4 The same trick can be worked on panfish, such as bluegills, crappies and rock bass, but with a smaller popper.

1971 H. Lyman & F. Woolner Tackle Talk xvi. 106 A slow-moving swimming plug is a better nighttime lure than a speeding surface popper which succeeds during the day.

1991 Mid-Atlantic Game & Fish Apr. 50/1 Topwater poppers, chuggers and darters simulate the frantic behavior of frightened baitfish.

2002 Sport Fishing Sept.–Oct. 66/3 For small fish, we use poppers and Clouser minnows in natural colors.

8. British. A press stud.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > snapfastening

snap-fastener1895

press stud1903

popper1959

snap1964

1959 Woman 9 May 46/4 Sandwich a length of plastic foam between two layers of canvas held together with poppers.

1973 Times 15 May 20/2 (caption) Beach bloomers in striped lawn have big sleeves to save shoulders from burning and practical poppers between the legs.

1974 N. Freeling Dressing of Diamond 33 Bernard, stop it, you're bursting my poppers.

1995 Daily Mail (Nexis) 3 Feb. 22 He undoes all the poppers of the duvet with his toes.

9. colloquial. A person who takes pills (esp. of stimulant drugs) freely or excessively; a pill-popper. Also: any drug-taker. Usually with distinguishing word denoting the drug taken.

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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > [noun] > drug-user

drug-taker1800

sleigh-rider1833

abuser1847

user1935

joy-popper1936

popper1967

substance abuser1967

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > [noun] > drug-user > user of barbiturates or amphetamines

pill-popper1963

popper1967

1967 Evening Echo (Bournemouth) 28 Aug. 9/3 I suppose that the natural contempt that a sophisticated man feels towards ‘Flower-boys’, ‘Beatnicks’ and Poppers has somehow to be explained away.

1985 Marketing Mag. (N.Z.) July 13/1 Most New Zealanders, twenty or even ten years ago, would have dismissed vitamin poppers, joggers or vegetarians as ‘nuts’.

1999 Varsity (Univ. Cambr.) 5 Nov. 6/3 Most Prozac-poppers would probably agree that, addictive or not, Prozac remains a better option than depression if all the alternatives have been exhausted.

2005 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 21 Feb. 8 Like the heroin junkie, the Ecstasy-popper is now being associated with an underworld whose ill effects extend well beyond the frenzy of a night out.

10. slang (originally U.S.). A capsule containing amyl, butyl, or isobutyl nitrite, or a mixture of these, inhaled by users for its stimulant and vasodilating effect; a small bottle or other container used similarly. Frequently in plural.The capsule is typically crushed or ‘popped’.

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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [noun] > stimulant drug(s) > pill or tablet of

pill1951

amphetamine1955

dexie1956

dex1961

minstrel1966

popper1967

white1967

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [noun] > stimulant drug(s) > bottle of

popper1967

1967 Esquire Sept. 192 Amyl nitrate vials—poppers.

1967 M. Crowley Boys in Band 816 If you're sick of people, what about poppers? Or pot or pills or the hard stuff?

1985 R. Silverberg Tom O'Bedlam (1986) vi. i. 208 She closed the door behind him and looked about for something to offer him, a drink, a popper, anything to calm him.

2004 Gay Times Feb. 97/1 Poppers have to be carefully avoided, otherwise the blood-pressure drop may be too sudden, and you may faint or have a possible coronary episode.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	popper
释义	poppern. Brit. /ˈpɒpə/, U.S. /ˈpɑpər/ Forms: Middle English poppere, Middle English 1700s– popper. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pop v.¹, -er suffix¹. Etymology: < pop v.¹ + -er suffix¹.The word apparently became obsolete during the Middle English period and was re-formed in the 18th cent. †1. A small dagger. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > knife or dagger > [noun] > types of anlacec1300 misericord1324 bodkin1386 baselardc1390 popperc1390 wood-knife1426 spudc1440 pavade1477 bistoury1490 skene1527 dudgeon1548 sword dagger1567 machete1575 kris1589 bum dagger1596 stillado1607 stiletto1611 steelet1616 hanjar1621 pisaa1640 jockteleg1642 khanjar1684 bayonet1692 kuttar1696 parazonium1751 skene-ochles1754 scalping-knife1759 snick-a-snee1760 manchette1762 snickersnee1775 guard-dagger1786 boarding knife1807 scalp-knife1807 kukri1811 skene-dhu1811 parang1820 stylet1820 belt knife1831 bowie-knife1836 scalper1837 sheath-knife1837 toothpick1837 tumbok lada1839 snick-and-snee knife1843 tickler1844 bowie1846 toad-sticker1858 simi1860 scramasax1862 kinjal1863 left-hander1869 main gauche1869 aikuchi1875 tanto1885 toad-stabber1885 cinquedea1897 trench knife1898 puukko1925 panga1929 quillon dagger1950 flick-knife1957 ratchet knife1966 sai1973 ratchet1975 c1390 G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale 3931 A ioly poppere [v.r. popper] baar he in his pouche. 2. †a. colloquial. A person who fires a gun; a gunman. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > one armed with or using firearm shot1598 gun-man1624 popper1733 gunsman1766 firer1807 pluffer1828 gun1931 gunsel1942 gun-slinger1953 1733 Revol. Politicks vii. 71 The Mayor caused fourscore Poppers to be raised, who fought him and took eleven of his Men Prisoners. 1795 Times 2 Jan. 2/3 The pedestrians..place themselves exactly before the London poppers, as they were always sure to be wide enough of the mark! 1826 P. Hawker Diary (1893) I. 291 Spoiled by some rascally shore popper. 1853 Harper's Mag. Dec. 19/1 Mr. Dindon, a fine, athletic sportsman, not a dandaical popper at quails and hares, but a real Nimrod. b. A gun, esp. a small one; spec. a pistol. Now slang. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] handgun1411 piece1575 small arms1685 popper1751 shooting-iron1775 pelter1827 squib1839 shooter1840 shooting-stick1845 Betsy1856 smoke-wagon1891 rod1903 gat1904 belt gun1905 roscoe1914 smoke-stick1927 heat1928 heater1929 smoke-pole1929 John Roscoe1932 1751 F. Coventry Hist. Pompey the Little (ed. 2) i. xvi. 138 I..bought a second-hand pair of poppers. 1790 J. Haslewood Secret Hist. Green Rooms II. 228 Now you shall be of the party—here are the poppers—come away—we have not a moment to lose. 1836 J. B. Buckstone Agnes de Vere ii. iii. 22 I've an excellent case of poppers here that I always keep loaded. 1845 R. Browning Eng. in Italy in Bells & Pomegranates No. VII: Dramatic Romances & Lyrics 280 On the plain will the trumpets join chorus And more poppers bang. 1889 C. H. Flemming Our Country Cousin (MS) ii. 69 One o' them dudes might have a ‘popper’ an' pop ye full o' holes—then what? 1983 G. Benford Against Infinity i. ii. 13 Manuel brought the little popper up slowly..aimed..and..fired. 3. A person who makes a brief visit; a person who frequently comes and goes. Also popper-in, popper-over. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > rapid poster1538 gallopera1693 popper1760 1760 London Mag. May 258/2 Sir, we often suffer, by our mistresses being put out of humour for the whole afternoon by these Poppers-in, who think they have a right to oversee how they live. 1825 New Monthly Mag. 14 194 The popper over to France and peep-taker at Holland. 1851 E. C. Gaskell Let. Nov. (1966) 168 I don't mean to have odd poppers-in, in an evening. 1995 Independent on Sunday 23 July 21/3 They are the relentless poppers-in and ringers-up, the faffers, the control freaks and the talkaholics. 4. Cricket. A ball that rises sharply from the pitch when bowled. Cf. pop v.¹ 3d. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [noun] > a ball bowled > types of delivery or ball full toss1826 long hop1830 twister1832 bail ball1833 bailer1833 grubber1837 slow ball1838 wide1838 ground ball1839 shooter1843 slower ball1846 twiddler1847 creeper1848 lob1851 sneak1851 sneaker1851 slow1854 bumper1855 teaser1856 daisy-cutter1857 popper1857 yorker1861 sharpshooter1863 headball1866 screwball1866 underhand1866 skimmerc1868 grub1870 ramrod1870 raymonder1870 round-armer1871 grass cutter1876 short pitch1877 leg break1878 lob ball1880 off-break1883 donkey-drop1888 tice1888 fast break1889 leg-breaker1892 kicker1894 spinner1895 wrong 'un1897 googly1903 fizzer1904 dolly1906 short ball1911 wrong 'un1911 bosie1912 bouncer1913 flyer1913 percher1913 finger-spinner1920 inswinger1920 outswinger1920 swinger1920 off-spinner1924 away swinger1925 Chinaman1929 overspinner1930 tweaker1938 riser1944 leg-cutter1949 seamer1952 leggy1954 off-cutter1955 squatter1955 flipper1959 lifter1959 cutter1960 beamer1961 loosener1962 doosra1999 1857 Bell's Life in London 19 July 7/5 Mortlock defended his wicket well against the ‘breakers’ and ‘poppers’, which had by that time commenced their work. 1870 Baily's Monthly Mag. July 295 Mr. Grace was caught at point off a ‘popper’ of Emmett's. 1921 G. R. C. Harris Few Short Runs ii. 38 In my first Eton v. Harrow Match I calculated the batsman had to stop something like three shooters every eight balls, and at the same time one had to look out for poppers. 2003 Observer (Nexis) 23 Feb. (Sports pages) 13 Against Harbhajan's aggressive, wristy turners and poppers, he and the England top order will again be examined by the turning ball. 5. Chiefly U.S. A wire pan or other appliance used to make popcorn. Cf. corn-popper n. at corn n.¹ Compounds 4. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > stove or cooker > [noun] > cookers for nuts or corn popper1862 peanut roaster1872 chestnut-roaster1909 1862 Arthur's Home Mag. Oct. 241/1 ‘Take a kernel of corn,’ she said, bestowing a handful in the popper and shaking it over the coals. a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. II. 1764/2 Popper,..usually a wire basket, which is held over the fire and shaken or revolved so as to keep the corn moving. 1893 W. D. Howells Coast of Bohemia 207 She bought a popper and three ears of corn. 1910 S. E. White Adventures of Bobby Orde xviii. 264 The pan..was replenished with popcorn. Bobby unhooked the long-handled wire popper from its nail..and set to work over the open fire. 1949 Sat. Evening Post 21 May 36/2 It operates popcorn machines on a concession basis..and turns out home poppers for the kitchen trade. 2003 Scholastic News 17 Nov. 2 b/1 Whether it's prepared over a fire, in a microwave, or in an electric popper, popcorn always pops the same way. 6. U.S. An attachment on the end of a whip with which a cracking sound can be produced. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > instrument or place of corporal punishment > [noun] > whip or scourge > whip-lash > part making cracking sound cracker1835 popper1870 1870 Great Trans-continental Tourist's Guide (rev. ed.) 27/1 How often the sharp ring of the ‘popper’ aroused the timid hare or graceful antelope? 1877 H. Ruede Sod-house Days (1937) 80 The lash is about l½ inches thick at the handle, and tapers to the popper, and a good hand will make them crack like a pistol. 1935 J. Steinbeck To God Unknown xxii. 205 Romas snapped his bull-whip and the popper spat up the dirt like an explosion. 2003 Tampa (Florida) Tribune (Nexis) 5 Dec. (Sports section) 8 In expert hands, the crack of the popper on the end has the volume of a .22 rifle. 7. Angling. An artificial lure which makes a popping sound when moved along the surface of the water. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > lure with one or more hooks plug1917 plunker1930 plug bait1933 popper1936 chugger1938 1936 Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune 4 Aug. 7/4 The same trick can be worked on panfish, such as bluegills, crappies and rock bass, but with a smaller popper. 1971 H. Lyman & F. Woolner Tackle Talk xvi. 106 A slow-moving swimming plug is a better nighttime lure than a speeding surface popper which succeeds during the day. 1991 Mid-Atlantic Game & Fish Apr. 50/1 Topwater poppers, chuggers and darters simulate the frantic behavior of frightened baitfish. 2002 Sport Fishing Sept.–Oct. 66/3 For small fish, we use poppers and Clouser minnows in natural colors. 8. British. A press stud. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > snapfastening snap-fastener1895 press stud1903 popper1959 snap1964 1959 Woman 9 May 46/4 Sandwich a length of plastic foam between two layers of canvas held together with poppers. 1973 Times 15 May 20/2 (caption) Beach bloomers in striped lawn have big sleeves to save shoulders from burning and practical poppers between the legs. 1974 N. Freeling Dressing of Diamond 33 Bernard, stop it, you're bursting my poppers. 1995 Daily Mail (Nexis) 3 Feb. 22 He undoes all the poppers of the duvet with his toes. 9. colloquial. A person who takes pills (esp. of stimulant drugs) freely or excessively; a pill-popper. Also: any drug-taker. Usually with distinguishing word denoting the drug taken. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > [noun] > drug-user drug-taker1800 sleigh-rider1833 abuser1847 user1935 joy-popper1936 popper1967 substance abuser1967 the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > [noun] > drug-user > user of barbiturates or amphetamines pill-popper1963 popper1967 1967 Evening Echo (Bournemouth) 28 Aug. 9/3 I suppose that the natural contempt that a sophisticated man feels towards ‘Flower-boys’, ‘Beatnicks’ and Poppers has somehow to be explained away. 1985 Marketing Mag. (N.Z.) July 13/1 Most New Zealanders, twenty or even ten years ago, would have dismissed vitamin poppers, joggers or vegetarians as ‘nuts’. 1999 Varsity (Univ. Cambr.) 5 Nov. 6/3 Most Prozac-poppers would probably agree that, addictive or not, Prozac remains a better option than depression if all the alternatives have been exhausted. 2005 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 21 Feb. 8 Like the heroin junkie, the Ecstasy-popper is now being associated with an underworld whose ill effects extend well beyond the frenzy of a night out. 10. slang (originally U.S.). A capsule containing amyl, butyl, or isobutyl nitrite, or a mixture of these, inhaled by users for its stimulant and vasodilating effect; a small bottle or other container used similarly. Frequently in plural.The capsule is typically crushed or ‘popped’. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [noun] > stimulant drug(s) > pill or tablet of pill1951 amphetamine1955 dexie1956 dex1961 minstrel1966 popper1967 white1967 the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [noun] > stimulant drug(s) > bottle of popper1967 1967 Esquire Sept. 192 Amyl nitrate vials—poppers. 1967 M. Crowley Boys in Band 816 If you're sick of people, what about poppers? Or pot or pills or the hard stuff? 1985 R. Silverberg Tom O'Bedlam (1986) vi. i. 208 She closed the door behind him and looked about for something to offer him, a drink, a popper, anything to calm him. 2004 Gay Times Feb. 97/1 Poppers have to be carefully avoided, otherwise the blood-pressure drop may be too sudden, and you may faint or have a possible coronary episode. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † popperv. Forms: Middle English poper, Middle English popre. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pop v.¹, -er suffix⁵. Etymology: < pop v.¹ + -er suffix⁵. Compare earlier prick v. 11a. Obsolete. rare. intransitive. To ride a horse briskly. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride a horse (or other animal) [verb (intransitive)] > ride with an easy pace > trotting trot1362 popperc1400 jaunsel1590 c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. xi. 213 (MED) Now is religioun a ridere..and a lond biggere, Poperiþ [v.rr. Poperit, Popreþ; Prykyth, Rydyth] on a palfrey to toune & to toune. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.c1390v.c1400
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