popper

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)One who or that which pops.
2. (countable, uncountable)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.
3. (countable, uncountable)A floating lure designed to splash when the fishing line is twitched.
4. (countable, uncountable)Either of a pair of interlocking discs commonly used in place of buttons to fasten clothing, a snap fastener.

   ““Finished the last one at three this morning, apart from bits and bobs and poppers. Quite frankly, I'm dead!””

5. (countable, uncountable)A device that pops kernels of corn to produce popcorn.
6. (countable, uncountable)A stuffed and usually breaded jalapeño.

   “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.””

7. (countable, uncountable)A looner (balloon fetishist) who prefers to burst balloons.

   “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.”

8. (countable, informal)A capsule of amyl nitrite, a recreational drug used during sex.

   “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”

9. (informal, uncountable)Amyl nitrate.

   “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?”

10. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A dagger.
11. (Australia)Synonym of juice box.

    “Again buy your own food - for lunch you get some tomato, some Jambon Fume (proscuitto) and a baguette along with some poppers and your^([sic]) have a feast.”

name

1. A surname from German.