popcorn

• pop-corn, popped corn

Short for popped + corn.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒp.kɔː(ɹ)n/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑp.kɔɹn/

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• (Boston, New England) IPA^(key): /ˈpʌp.kɔɹn/, [ˈpʌp.kɒːn], [ˈpʌp.kɔɹn]

popcorn (countable and uncountable, plural popcorns)

1. (chiefly uncountable) A snack food made from corn/maize kernels popped by dry heating.
2. (chiefly uncountable) A type of maize with a hard outer hull that, along with the type of starch it contains, makes it suitable for popping.
3. (knitting) A kind of stitch similar to a bobble.
   • 2008, Claire Compton, Sue Whiting, The Knitting and Crochet Bible (page 45)

     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.

4. (humorous, by extension) Entertainment.
   • 2020 July 10, CGP Grey, Supreme Court Rules on Faithless Electors in the Electoral College‎, 3:55 from the start:

     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.

popcorn (third-person singular simple present popcorns, present participle popcorning, simple past and past participle popcorned)

1. (of a guinea pig or chinchilla) To stand or jump up quickly.
   • 2000, Dale L. Sigler, A Grown-up's Guide to Guinea Pigs, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 58:

     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.

• popkorn

• IPA^(key): [ˈpopkorn]
• Hyphenation: pop‧corn

popcorn m inan

1. popcorn

• popcorn in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu

Unadapted borrowing from English popcorn.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpopkorn/, [ˈpo̞pko̞rn]
• Syllabification^(key): pop‧corn

popcorn

1. popcorn

   Synonyms: paukkumaissi, poppari

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popcorn m (plural popcorns)

1. post-1990 spelling of pop-corn

popcorn n (definite singular popcornet, uncountable)

1. alternative spelling of popkorn

• “popkorn” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Borrowed from English popcorn.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔp.kɔrn/

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• Rhymes: -ɔpkɔrn
• Syllabification: pop‧corn

popcorn m inan

1. popcorn (snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating)

• popcorn in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• popcorn in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• popkorn

popcorn m (genitive singular popcornu, nominative plural popcorny, genitive plural popcornov, declension pattern of dub)

1. popcorn

• popcorn in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

popcorn m (plural popcorns)

1. popcorn

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:palomita

From English popcorn. First attested in the early 1950s.

popcorn n

1. popcorn

• popcornfilm

• popcorn in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• popcorn in Svensk ordbok (SO)