# popper

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpɒp.ə/ · frequency rank #30,922

## Definitions
1. One who or that which pops.
2. A short piece of twisted string tied to the end of a whip that creates the distinctive sound when the whip is thrown or cracked.
3. A floating lure designed to splash when the fishing line is twitched.
4. Either of a pair of interlocking discs commonly used in place of buttons to fasten clothing, a snap fastener.
5. A device that pops kernels of corn to produce popcorn.
6. A stuffed and usually breaded jalapeño.
7. A looner (balloon fetishist) who prefers to burst balloons.
8. A capsule of amyl nitrite, a recreational drug used during sex.
9. Amyl nitrate.
10. A dagger.

## Etymology
From Middle English poppere, equivalent to pop + -er (suffix forming agent noun).
Etymology 1 sense 8 ("capsule of amyl nitrite") is derived from the popping sound when the capsule is broken open; from which etymology 1 sense 9 also derives.

## Easily confused with
- **power** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/popper-vs-power)
- **poppy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/popper-vs-poppy)
- **poser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/popper-vs-poser)
- **proper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/popper-vs-proper)
- **powder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/popper-vs-powder)
- **poster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/popper-vs-poster)
- **potter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/popper-vs-potter)
- **porter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/popper-vs-porter)
- **puppet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/popper-vs-puppet)
- **Posner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/popper-vs-posner)
- **prosper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/popper-vs-prosper)
- **poppies** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/popper-vs-poppies)
- **poppers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/popper-vs-poppers)
- **pope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pope-vs-popper)
- **paper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paper-vs-popper)
- **poker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poker-vs-popper)
- **piper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piper-vs-popper)
- **poppa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poppa-vs-popper)
- **pepper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pepper-vs-popper)
- **ponder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ponder-vs-popper)

## Common misspellings (7)
`oppper`, `popepr`, `poper`, `popperr`, `poppre`, `ppoper`, `ppopper`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/popper