1
: one that pops
especially
: a utensil for popping corn
2
slang
: a vial of amyl nitrite or butyl nitrite used illicitly as an inhalational aphrodisiac
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Although the video began in black-and-white, when Alaina and Moeller pull the poppers, the video switches to color and reveals that the backdrop behind them features pink and blue flowers.
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Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
Others contain prompts to inhale poppers, and for how long.
—Daniel Kolitz, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Heltzel started roasting coffee in a West Bend Poppery (a popcorn popper his friend helped modify into a roaster) in 2011.
—Bahar Anooshahr, AZCentral.com, 18 Oct. 2025
There would be no loud confetti poppers; instead, the students shot off streamers inside the gymnasium.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 18 Oct. 2025
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Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
Others contain prompts to inhale poppers, and for how long.
—Daniel Kolitz, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Heltzel started roasting coffee in a West Bend Poppery (a popcorn popper his friend helped modify into a roaster) in 2011.
—Bahar Anooshahr, AZCentral.com, 18 Oct. 2025
There would be no loud confetti poppers; instead, the students shot off streamers inside the gymnasium.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 18 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for popper
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“Popper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/popper. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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popper
noun
pop·per
ˈpäp-ər 
: one that pops
especially
: a utensil for popping corn
Medical Definition
popper
noun
pop·per
ˈpäp-ər
slang
: a vial of amyl nitrite or butyl nitrite especially when used illicitly as an inhalational aphrodisiac
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