POPPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Popper mean? 

• POPPER (noun)
  The noun POPPER has 3 senses:

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)

2. a container of stimulant drug (amyl nitrate or butyl nitrite)

3. a container for cooking popcorn

  Familiarity information: POPPER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POPPER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Karl Popper; Popper; Sir Karl Raimund Popper

Hypernyms ("Popper" is a kind of...):

philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A container of stimulant drug (amyl nitrate or butyl nitrite)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("popper" is a kind of...):

excitant; stimulant; stimulant drug (a drug that temporarily quickens some vital process)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A container for cooking popcorn

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("popper" is a kind of...):

cooker (a utensil for cooking)

Derivation:

pop (cause to burst with a loud, explosive sound)

 Context examples 

Where is my little popper?

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I can shoot three hundred and fifty paces with my little popper there, and four hundred and twenty with the great war-bow; yet I can make nothing of this, nor read my own name if you were to set 'Sam Aylward' up against me.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)