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# popper

«popper» in Mova's school dictionary: **A small paper tube you pull with a string so it goes bang…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a popper, poppers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (party popper) A small paper tube you pull with a string so it goes bang and shoots out curly paper streamers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/popper/#m1)

2) (UK, Ireland) A press stud: a small metal or plastic fastener in two halves that snap together on clothes, also called a snap fastener. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/popper/#m2)

3) A machine or pan for making popcorn: a popcorn popper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/popper/#m3)

4) Anything or anyone that pops, such as a fishing lure that pops on the water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/popper/#m4)

5) (poppers, adult slang) a drug sniffed from small bottles; dangerous and not for children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/popper/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life party poppers go off at birthdays and New Year; baby clothes and coats often close with poppers in the UK. In science a popper can show a small chemical or air «bang». Phrases: «party popper», «do up the poppers», «popcorn popper».

### examples

- We pulled the party poppers when the clock struck midnight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/popper/#x1)
- Bits of streamer from the poppers landed in the cake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/popper/#x2)
- The baby's sleepsuit has poppers all the way down the legs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/popper/#x3)
- Can you do up the poppers on my coat? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/popper/#x4)
- Dad made popcorn in the old popcorn popper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/popper/#x5)
- Party poppers are loud, so cover your ears if you do not like bangs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/popper/#x6)
- Point a party popper upwards, never at someone's face. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/popper/#x7)

### note

Countable: a popper, poppers. In the USA people say «snaps» or «snap fasteners» more than «poppers». Safety: party poppers contain a tiny explosive charge; never point them at eyes. The drug sense is plural («poppers») and is for adults to know about, not for school.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «popper» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/popper/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.