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popper

popper

6 4.6
A container used to make popcorn on a stove or in a microwave
  • noun
  • /ˈpɑːpər/
  • US
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  • It's a popcorn popper!

And, and I got these, I got this like hot air popcorn popper because I think like having really warm oil on your head is not a great idea.

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Examples

  • Those could be giant Jiffy Pop poppers.

    The X-Files (1998)

  • Her only plant, facing east in the window, hung over the popcorn popper and dried to a brown crunch.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Of course there was a problem with the popcorn popper.

    Hope Springs (2012)

  • I brought back a ginseng popper for you.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • The Whirley Pop stovetop popcorn popper makes quite a good job of roasting coffee.

    Blog text (20)

  • I made a fresh batch of popcorn in the popper for movie night.

  • The electric popper quickly heated up, and soon the kitchen was filled with the aroma of popping corn.

  • Using the popper is the easiest way to prepare popcorn for my favorite snacks.

Surface Forms

popper singular
poppers plural

Morphology

popper = pop (transparent) = pop + er

A cooking device that pops corn is clearly derived from the verb 'pop' + the agent/device suffix '-er'.

Etymology

The word popper comes from the short sound pop, the noise kernels make, plus -er meaning 'thing that does'. So a popper is a device that makes popcorn 'pop'.