popcorn
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popcorn
- /ˈpɒp.kɔːn/ UK
- /ˈpɑp.kɔɹn/ US
- /ˈpʌp.kɔɹn/ Boston, New England
- [ˈpʌp.kɒːn] Boston, New England
- [ˈpʌp.kɔɹn] Boston, New England
- /ˈpɔːp.kɔː(r)n/ India
- /ˈpɑːp.kɑː(r)n/ India
Where it comes from
Short for popped corn. By surface analysis, pop + corn.
noun popcorns · pop-corn · popped corn
- A snack food made from corn or maize kernels popped by dry heating. My friends and I ordered popcorn during the interval of the movie.
- A variety of corn or maize with a hard outer hull that, along with the type of starch it contains, makes it suitable for popping. That farm grows popcorn.
- A serving of popcorn. I'll have a small popcorn.
- A piece of popcorn. She keeps dropping her popcorns.
- A bite-size food preparation made by battering and deep-frying one or more ingredients, most often chicken. popcorn chicken
- Entertainment that is, or has the potential to be, popular but is vapid and provides little intellectual or artistic merit. The movie was entertaining enough, but it was just popcorn entertainment.
- Entertainment for observers. If they get in a fight, I'm just going to sit back and enjoy the popcorn.
- A kind of stitch similar to a bobble. 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.
- A form of brainstorming in which participants call out their ideas immediately, instead of waiting for an assigned turn to speak. With the "popcorn" method, all team members in the session spontaneously call out ideas and a facilitator writes them on a flip chart.
- A slow Belgian style of soul music popular in the early 1960s.
- A Romanian style of Europop popular in the late 2000s.
- A jump straight up with all four feet off the ground.
verb popcorns · popcorning · popcorned · pop-corn · popped corn
- 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 j
- To pop repeatedly, like popcorn cooking.
- To use the popcorn stitch. You've been cabling, twisting, popcorning and bobbling. See, we told you that they weren't so hard.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: soufflé, snack, shotcrete, money, unbuttered, microwaved, popped, pop-corn, popped corn, puffcorn, popcorn film, kettle corn, cornball, breadcorn, tostado, popcorn shrimp
Translations
Every language
noun a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating
| Español | palomitas de maíz, cabritas, cancha, canchita, canguil, cotufas |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 팝콘 papkon |
| 日本語 | ポップコーン poppukōn |
| 中文 | 玉米花 yùmǐhuā, 爆米花 bàomǐhuā |
| हिन्दी | पॉपकॉर्न pŏpkŏrn |
| Kiswahili | bisi |
| Português | pipoca |
| Français | popcorn, maïs soufflé, maïs éclaté |
| Deutsch | Popcorn, Puffmais |
| Italiano | popcorn, mais scoppiato, mais soffiato |
| Ελληνικά | ποπ κορν pop korn |
| Română | floricele de porumb, cocoșei, pop-corn |
| Русский | попко́рн popkórn |
| Tiếng Việt | bắp rang, bỏng ngô |
| العربية | فِشَار fišār, فُشَار fušār |
| עברית | פּוֹפְּקוֹרְן |
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title = {popcorn},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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