popcorn en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈpʌp.kɔɹn/ (Boston, New-England)
- (US) audio
- /ˈpɑp.kɔɹn/ (General-American)
- /ˈpɔːp.kɔː(r)n/ (India)
- [ˈpʌp.kɒːn] (Boston, New-England)
- [ˈpʌp.kɔɹn] (Boston, New-England)
- /ˈpɑːp.kɑː(r)n/ (India) father-bother merger
- /ˈpɒp.kɔːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Short for popped corn. By surface analysis, pop + corn.
Meanings
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(uncountable) 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.
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(uncountable) A snack food made from corn or maize kernels popped by dry heating. ▸ 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.
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(countable) A snack food made from corn or maize kernels popped by dry heating. ▸ A serving of popcorn.
Every Wednesday night is Date Night, and for $10 sweethearts can get two tickets, two popcorns and two sodas.
2006 July 13, Amanda Pennington, “A new wave for cineastes”, in Daily Pilot, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Jul 2025: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'.
1992 July 5, Phil Reeves, “Kerpow] Dynamic duo takes on Tinseltown”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Jul 2015:When we went to Astoria, to see 'Drive Me Crazy,' they gave you one popcorn and the other one was free. I asked her if she wanted to eat mine, but she said there was so much popcorn, she was going to get sick.
2000 January 7, Aaron Donovan, quoting Angel, “The Neediest Cases: A ‘Big Sister’ Is Filling a Void in a Young Girl’s Life”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 May 2015:I'll have a small popcorn.
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(countable, rare) A snack food made from corn or maize kernels popped by dry heating. ▸ A piece of popcorn.
Sarani threw a few popcorns into her mouth.
2010 February 11, Sripali Vaiamon, “Conflicts in Religions and a Tidal Wave”, in The Therapy: A Novel, Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 271:Don’t you feel this is nothing but throwing popcorns before a hungry elephant? This is definitely throwing popcorns before the hungry elephant. This is the imbalance that I wanted to pointed out.
1992 March 16, Shri Anbarasu Era, quotee, Lok Sabha Debates (English Version): Third Session (Tenth Lok Sabha), 10th series, volume IX, number 16, New Delhi: Lok Sabha Secretariat, →OCLC, column 714:Some popcorns silently flicked off like face peelings on his shoe.
1988, Jim Freedman, “I-ran Sucks”, in Drawing Heat, Windsor, Ont.: Black Moss Press, →ISBN, page 17:The boat lurches through choppy waves with resonating booms, tourists chatter with excitement, and the woman throwing popcorns squeals whenever our seagull guards reappear, ready for the next assault.
2012, Edmond Manning, chapter 3, in King Perry, Miami, Fla.: Dreamspinner Press, →ISBN, page 35:She keeps dropping her popcorns.
“Blah, kiss her you fool!” an annoyingly familiar voice yelled from the door as he threw a handful of popcorns at us.
2021, Samya Khanna, “Hershey’s and Love”, in Kulsum Yasmin, compiler, Shades of Moon, Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh: Rosewood Publication, ASIN B09LHW7NN5, page 224:
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(attributive, broadly, countable, uncountable) A snack food made from corn or maize kernels popped by dry heating. ▸ A bite-size food preparation made by battering and deep-frying one or more ingredients, most often chicken.
popcorn chicken
Last night we had popcorn chicken.
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(attributive, countable, figuratively, uncountable) A snack food made from corn or maize kernels popped by dry heating. ▸ Entertainment that is, or has the potential to be, popular but is vapid and provides little intellectual or artistic merit.
popcorn movies
The movie was entertaining enough, but it was just popcorn entertainment.
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(countable, figuratively, humorous, uncountable) A snack food made from corn or maize kernels popped by dry heating. ▸ Entertainment for observers.
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.
2020 July 10, CGP Grey, 3:55 from the start, in Supreme Court Rules on Faithless Electors in the Electoral College:If they get in a fight, I'm just going to sit back and enjoy the popcorn.
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(countable, uncountable) 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.
2008, Claire Compton, Sue Whiting, The Knitting and Crochet Bible, page 45:
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(attributive, countable, uncountable) A form of brainstorming in which participants call out their ideas immediately, instead of waiting for an assigned turn to speak.
As a way to begin the discussion about God's will, you might want to ask the group to do some "popcorn" brainstorming about the pros and cons of believing that everything that happens is God's will.
2011, Carolyn Jane Bohler, God the What?:With the "popcorn" method, all team members in the session spontaneously call out ideas and a facilitator writes them on a flip chart.
2002, Betsi Harris Ehrlich, Transactional Six Sigma and Lean Servicing, page 161:Ask: What Twitter-style hashtag characterizes our community? (Use popcorn brainstorming to elicit responses.)
2022, Jill Harrison Berg, Uprooting Instructional Inequity, page 155:
- (countable, uncountable) A slow Belgian style of soul music popular in the early 1960s.
- (countable, uncountable) A Romanian style of Europop popular in the late 2000s.
- (countable, of a guinea pig or chinchilla, uncountable) A jump straight up with all four feet off the ground.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| popped corn | alternative | lexicographic | |
| popcorns | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| pop-corn | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
popcorn pisser · popcorn reading · popcornlike · popcorn ceiling · popcornless · popcorn shrimp · popcorn lung · popcorn movie · cave popcorn · popdogs · popcorn flower · popcorn noise · styrofoam popcorn · popcorn snow · popcorn effect · popcorn tea · popcorn film · grab the popcorn · popcorn chicken · piss in the popcorn · popcorn popper
Descendants
popcorn · ポップコーン · popcorn · ποπκόρν · 팝콘 · პოპკორნი · poppkorn · попко́рн · Popcorn · ποπ κορν
Synonyms
maizypop · popmaize · maizypop · popmaize · maizypop · maizypop · popmaize · maizypop · popmaize · popmaize · popmaize · popmaize · maizypop · maizypop
Translations (155)
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from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · th ข้าวโพดคั่ว (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · cs popcorn (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · nl gepofte maïs (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · mr लाह्या (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · sl pokovka (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · uz popkorn (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · sq kokica (Prishtina) (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · sw bisi (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · sq kokoroshka (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · is poppkorn (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · sq pucka (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · sq palagaçe (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · mi kānga pāhūhū (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by 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папко́рн (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · pl popcorn (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · fr maïs éclaté (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · tr patlamış mısır (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · cy popgorn (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · ro pop-corn (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · pnt σπανούκα (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · bn ভুট্টার খই (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · pdt Poppkorn (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · my ပြောင်းဖူးပေါက်ပေါက် (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · cs popkorn (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · tk popkorn (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · nl popcorn (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · ms bertih jagung (a 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пуканки (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · yi קאָקאָשעס (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · es pop (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · nl pof-maïs (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · ga grán rósta (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · ar فُشَار (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · gu મકાઈની ધાણી (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · fi paukkumaissi (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · fa چس فیل (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · th ป๊อปคอร์น (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · nb popkorn (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · cmn 爆米花 (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · he פּוֹפְּקוֹרְן (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · fr popcorn (a snack food made from corn 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dry heating) · afb نفيش (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · es cabritas (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · es canguil (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · uk попко́рн (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · vec móneghe (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · nv naadą́ą́ʼ dilchxoshí (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · ca roseta (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · sh кокице (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · sq kupaça (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · km ពោតលីង (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · hu pattogatott kukorica (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · yi פּאַפּקאָרן (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · es poporopos (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · es rositas de maíz (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · chr ᏎᎷ ᎠᎾᏔᏍᎩᏍᎩ (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · af springmielie (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · ca rosa (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · ar فِشَار (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · az popkorn (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · tl papkorn (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) · nah momochitl (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating)