1. A container for cooking popcorn
   "The smell of buttery popcorn filled the kitchen as the popper did its work"
    
2. A container of stimulant drug (amyl nitrate or butyl nitrite)
   "The use of poppers as recreational drugs can be dangerous"

1. 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)
   - Karl Popper, Sir Karl Raimund Popper

Derived forms: poppers

Type of: cooker, excitant, philosopher, stimulant, stimulant drug

Encyclopedia: Popper, Karl