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POPPER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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)

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:

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)

Synonyms:

Karl Popper; Popper; Sir Karl Raimund Popper

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)

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