English Explanatory Dictionary

popcorn

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A snack food made from corn or maize kernels popped by dry heating.
  2. A serving of popcorn.
  3. A piece of popcorn.
  4. A type of corn or maize with a hard outer hull that, along with the type of starch it contains, makes it suitable for popping.
  5. A kind of stitch similar to a bobble.
  6. A form of brainstorming in which participants call out their ideas immediately, instead of waiting for an assigned turn to speak.
  7. Entertainment for observers.
  8. A slow Belgian style of soul music popular in the early 1960s.
  9. A Romanian style of Europop popular in the late 2000s.
verb
  1. To stand or jump up quickly.
  2. To pop repeatedly, like popcorn cooking.
  3. To use the popcorn stitch.

Pronunciation

/ˈpɒp.kɔː(ɹ)n/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-popcorn.wav /ˈpɑp.kɔɹn/ En-us-popcorn.ogg /ˈpʌp.kɔɹn/ [ˈpʌp.kɒːn] [ˈpʌp.kɔɹn]

Word forms

popcorn popcorns pop-corn popped corn popcorning popcorned

Etymology

Short for popped corn. By surface analysis, pop + corn.

Synonyms

maizypop popmaize

Derived words

cave popcorn grab the popcorn piss in the popcorn popcorn ceiling popcorn chicken popcorn effect popcorn film popcorn flower popcornless popcornlike popcorn lung popcorn movie popcorn noise popcorn pisser popcorn popper popcorn reading popcorn shrimp popcorn snow popcorn tea popdogs styrofoam popcorn
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