Sekirov Dictionary

popcorn

UK /ˈpɒp.kɔːn/US /ˈpɑp.kɔɹn/

noun12

  1. a light white food made by heating dry corn until each piece opens out with a sharp sound
  2. A serving of popcorn.
  3. (rare) A piece of popcorn.
  4. [before a noun] (figurative) Entertainment that is, or has the potential to be, popular but is vapid and provides little intellectual or artistic merit.
  5. [before a noun] A bite-size food preparation made by battering and deep-frying one or more ingredients, most often chicken.
  6. (humorous, figurative) Entertainment for observers.
  7. 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.
  8. [before a noun] A form of brainstorming in which participants call out their ideas immediately, instead of waiting for an assigned turn to speak.
  9. A kind of stitch similar to a bobble.
  10. A jump straight up with all four feet off the ground.
  11. A Romanian style of Europop popular in the late 2000s.
  12. A slow Belgian style of soul music popular in the early 1960s.

verb3

  1. To pop repeatedly, like popcorn cooking.
  2. To stand or jump up quickly.
  3. (rare) To use the popcorn stitch.
forms

popcorned · popcorning · popcorns

Phrases with popcorn

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