Popcorn

Quick meaning: Popcorn is a noun meaning (countable) A serving of popcorn.

Meaning

(countable) A serving of popcorn.

More Meanings

1. (countable, rare) A piece of popcorn.
2. (knitting) A kind of stitch similar to a bobble.
3. (humorous) Entertainment for observers.
4. A slow Belgian style of soul music popular in the early 1960s.
5. (attributive) A form of brainstorming in which participants call out their ideas immediately, instead of waiting for an assigned turn to speak.
6. (chiefly uncountable) A snack food made from corn or maize kernels popped by dry heating.
7. (chiefly uncountable) A type of corn or maize with a hard outer hull that, along with the type of starch it contains, makes it suitable for popping.

Example Sentences

Sarani threw a few popcorns into her mouth.

My friends and I ordered popcorn during the interval of the movie.

Some popcorns silently flicked off like face peelings on his shoe.

Every Wednesday night is Date Night, and for $10 sweethearts can get two tickets, two popcorns and two sodas.

Word Forms

• popcorns
• pop-corn
• popped corn
• popcorning
• popcorned

Synonyms for popcorn

Depending on context, synonyms include maizypop, popmaize.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include shotcrete, money, microwaved, popped, pop-corn, puffcorn.

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