Popper
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Popper may refer to:
- Jalapeño popperJalapeño popperJalapeño poppers are jalapeño peppers that have been hollowed out, stuffed with a mixture of cheese, spices, and sometimes ground meat. They are either then breaded and deep fried or prepared unbreaded, wrapped in bacon, and baked or grilled...
, a type of food - PoppersPoppersPoppers is a slang term for various alkyl nitrites inhaled for recreational purposes, particularly isopropyl nitrite and isobutyl nitrite , and now more rarely, butyl nitrite and amyl nitrite...
, the family of drugs that are a subset of a class of chemicals known as alkyl nitrites - Poppers, a brand of frozen food owned by HeinzH. J. Heinz CompanyThe H. J. Heinz Company , commonly known as Heinz and famous for its "57 Varieties" slogan and its ketchup, is an American food company with world headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Perhaps best known for its ketchup, the H.J...
- Popper (see PoppingPoppingPopping is a street dance and one of the original funk styles that came from California during the 1960s-70s. It is based on the technique of quickly contracting and relaxing muscles to cause a jerk in the dancer's body, referred to as a pop or a hit...
), a person dancing in a certain street/funk style - Popper, a floating fishing lureFishing lureA fishing lure is an object attached to the end of a fishing line which is designed to resemble and move like the prey of a fish. The purpose of the lure is to use movement, vibration, and colour to catch the fish's attention so it bites the hook...
or fly with a cupped or flat, forward-facing indentation that splashes the surface of the water with a popping sound when tugged - A hip popHip popHip pop is a fusion music genre combining the vocal style of pop with hip hop, which became popular in Japan in the late 2000s. Because there were rap artists to mix rap with pop music in the United States in the late 1980s and early 1990s such as LL Cool J, also, recently rapper turned hip pop...
musician - Popper, a ball that rises sharply from the pitch when bowled ('pops up') in cricketCricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
- Popper, a JuiceboxJuicebox (container)A juice box, also called a carton or popper, is a small container used to conveniently carry and consume drinks . They are frequently made of paperboard with an aluminium foil lining, but variations exist...
(Australian English) - Popper buttons, another term for "snap fastenerSnap fastenerA snap fastener is a pair of interlocking discs commonly used in place of buttons to fasten clothing. A circular lip under one disc fits into a groove on the top of the other, holding them fast until a certain amount of force is applied...
s" - Poppers, an alternate name for tearaway pants in British EnglishBritish EnglishBritish English, or English , is the broad term used to distinguish the forms of the English language used in the United Kingdom from forms used elsewhere...
. - Party popperParty popperA party popper or party poppers is/are an object commonly used at parties. It emits a loud popping noise by means of a small friction-actuated explosive charge that is emitted by pulling a string or by compressed air released when released. In some party poppers an explosive charge is not used...
, a small 'toy' filled with confetti streamers and a small explosive charge to release them - Poppers, a slang term for PapadumPapadumPapadum, also known as papad in Northern India, , pappadam in Malayalam, happala in Kannada, appalam in Tamil, appadum in Telugu, pappadum or poppadom in the UK, is a thin, crisp Indian preparation sometimes described as a cracker. It is typically served as an accompaniment to a meal in India...
, an Indian crisp wafer or cracker
Popper as a family name
- Albert PopperAlbert PopperAlbert Popper was a mayor of Vimperk and doctor for the House of Schwarzenberg.Popper was born in the village of Bresnitz to a Jewish family...
, Mayor of Vimperk and official doctor of the Schwarzenberg Princes - Ami PopperAmi Popper-Murders:Popper, a former dishonorably-discharged soldier, put on his Israeli army uniform on 20 May 1990 and asked men waiting at a bus stop in the Israeli town of Rishon Lezion for their identity cards. After confirming they were Arabs he lined them up and opened fire, killing seven...
, convicted murderer - Catherine PopperCatherine PopperCatherine Popper is an American musician best known as bass player/back up vocalist for Ryan Adams's band The Cardinals as well as Grace Potter and the Nocturnals....
, rock musician - David PopperDavid PopperDavid Popper was a Bohemian cellist and composer.-Life:He was born in Prague, and studied music at the Prague Conservatory. He studied the cello under Julius Goltermann , and soon attracted attention...
, composer and cellist - David H. PopperDavid H. PopperDavid Henry Popper was a diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Cyprus and Chile . He was a member and former President of the American Academy of Diplomacy.-Early Life:...
, American diplomat - Erwin PopperErwin PopperErwin Popper , was an Austrian physician, who, in 1908, along with Karl Landsteiner discovered the infectious character of Poliomyelitis....
, Austrian physician - Frank PopperFrank PopperFrank Popper is a historian of art and technology and Professor Emeritus of Aesthetics and the Science of Art at the University of Paris VIII. He has been decorated with the medal of the Légion d'honneur by the French Government...
, art historian - Frank James PopperFrank James PopperFrank J. Popper is a professor at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy of Rutgers University and the Princeton Environmental Institute at Princeton University, known for proposing the Buffalo Commons concept for the Great Plains region of the United States and coining the...
, Rutgers urban planner - Joachim Edler von PopperJoachim Edler von PopperJoachim Edler von Popper was Court Jew to the Habsburgs.He was born Chajim Popper in Březnice , Bohemia . He was the son of Wolf Popper, Primator of the Jews of Bohemia.Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor had a monopoly on tobacco in the Austro-Hungarian Empire...
, Court Jew and lessee of the Habsburg tobacco monopoly - John PopperJohn PopperJohn Popper is an American musician and songwriter.He is most famous for his role as frontman of rock band Blues Traveler performing harmonica, guitar and vocals...
, musician and songwriter - Josef PopperJosef Popper-LynkeusJosef Popper-Lynkeus was an Austrian scholar, writer, and inventor. Josef Popper was born in the Jewish quarter in Kolin .-Education:...
(1838–1921), Austrian engineer and author - Julius PopperJulius PopperJulius Popper was an engineer, adventurer and explorer. He is responsible for the modern outline of the city of Havana, Cuba . As a "conquistador" of Tierra del Fuego in southern South America he was a controversial but influential figure.-Life:Popper was born in Bucharest, son of professor...
, Romanian explorer - Karl PopperKarl PopperSir Karl Raimund Popper, CH FRS FBA was an Austro-British philosopher and a professor at the London School of Economics...
(1902–1994), philosopher of science, defender of liberal democracy - Ota PavelOta PavelOta Pavel was a Czech writer, journalist and sport reporter...
, Czech author (born Otto Popper) - Robert PopperRobert PopperRobert Popper is a BAFTA winning comedy producer, writer and actor, best known as co-creator of the mock BBC documentary Look Around You, in which he also plays the part of Jack Morgan...
, comedy producer, writer and actor - Siegfried PopperSiegfried PopperSiegfried Popper was an eminent naval architect in late-nineteenth- and early twentieth-century middle Europe.-Biography:...
(1848–1933), Austrian naval constructor - William Popper (1874–1963), American Orientalist
Poppers as a family name
- Jacob ben Benjamin Cohen Poppers, German rabbi; born at Prague in the middle of the 17th century
- Meir ben Judah Leib PoppersMeir ben Judah Leib PoppersMeir ben Judah Leib Poppers or Meir ben Judah Loeb Ha-Kohen Ashkenazi Poppers was a Bohemian rabbi and kabbalist. He was born in Prague and died in Jerusalem in February or March, 1662....
(ca 1624-1662), Bohemian rabbi and cabalist