Popcorn

//ˈpɑp.kɔɹn// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A snack food made from corn or maize kernels popped by dry heating. uncountable

    "My friends and I ordered popcorn during the interval of the movie."

  2. 2
    small kernels of corn exploded by heat wordnet
  3. 3
    A serving of popcorn. countable

    "Warner Bros has offered the two executives less than dollars 1m as an out-of-court settlement, a sum dismissed by Mr [Pierce] O'Donnell as 'two popcorns and two Cokes'."

  4. 4
    corn having small ears and kernels that burst when exposed to dry heat wordnet
  5. 5
    A piece of popcorn. countable, rare

    "Some popcorns silently flicked off like face peelings on his shoe."

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  1. 6
    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. uncountable
  2. 7
    A kind of stitch similar to a bobble. countable, uncountable

    "From the top the sample shows four stitch popcorns, five stitch bobbles, two rows of bells and a central leaf with leaves sloping to the left and right each side."

  3. 8
    A form of brainstorming in which participants call out their ideas immediately, instead of waiting for an assigned turn to speak. attributive, countable, uncountable

    "With the "popcorn" method, all team members in the session spontaneously call out ideas and a facilitator writes them on a flip chart."

  4. 9
    Entertainment for observers. countable, humorous, uncountable

    "And not at all about how a state picks which group of electors to send, which is the whole basis of the NaPoVoInterCo plan, and will yield plenty more Supreme Court popcorn if it ever gets enacted."

  5. 10
    A slow Belgian style of soul music popular in the early 1960s. countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    A Romanian style of Europop popular in the late 2000s. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To stand or jump up quickly.

    "Popcorning behavior is a fun sight—as long as you know what it is. Otherwise, it can scare you. During this action a pig runs around very fast and suddenly leaps straight up in the air, twitching and squeaking. It then lands and takes off again, often in another direction. This activity shows pure joy. Babies start to popcorn when they are about two weeks old or so—they may try it earlier, but they usually fall down instead."

  2. 2
    To pop repeatedly, like popcorn cooking.
  3. 3
    To use the popcorn stitch. rare

    "You've been cabling, twisting, popcorning and bobbling. See, we told you that they weren't so hard."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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