To pop repeatedly, like popcorn cooking.
Used in a Sentence
popcorn
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for popcorn.
Editorial note
If you can make good popcorn with your olive oil then that is a signal to you that the oil is over-refined and has almost no health benefit whatsoever.
Examples18
Definitions4
Parts of speech2
Quick take
To pop repeatedly, like popcorn cooking.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of popcorn gathered in one view.
A slow Belgian style of soul music popular in the early 1960s.
A Romanian style of Europop popular in the late 2000s.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for popcorn.
verb
To pop repeatedly, like popcorn cooking.
noun
A slow Belgian style of soul music popular in the early 1960s.
noun
A Romanian style of Europop popular in the late 2000s.
noun
(countable) A serving of popcorn.
Example sentences
If you can make good popcorn with your olive oil then that is a signal to you that the oil is over-refined and has almost no health benefit whatsoever.
Microwave popcorn for the cheap and lazy: put kernels in a glass bowl, cover with a dish.
It'd be cool, for the popcorn value, if reddit starts a backlash against him.
And then grabbed popcorn [I know, cheap shot, but it appears like you really fell out of touch]).
I'll get the popcorn ready while waiting to see what hospital IT have to say about this.
I don't think they ever broke anything, but if I remember correctly they managed to get a popcorn machine.
All those hours and millions of dollars into perfecting their recommendation system, and Popcorn Time still has a better UI for viewing movies than Netflix does.
I've seen taken the TV out of their room and taught them how to use Popcorn Time to watch whatever they want.
I make popcorn on the stove with a large stainless steal soup pot.
I'll get my popcorn ready for when that ship gets a haul breach.
Makes popcorn time look like a bunch of amateurs.
I can't wait for the fireworks and popcorn on this one.
Quote examples
On the other hand kn0thing's "popcorn" comment suggests it couldn't have been that embarrassing.
And the way people like Alexis "Popcorn" Ohanian commented suggests that this really was a case of Reddit's admins not giving a shit about the community.
"Popcorn" as a metaphor for drama is a daily in-joke at SubredditDrama, where that comment was posted.
Proper noun examples
One of the admins posted a 'Popcorn tastes good...' comment when people asked him what he thought of the anger; which fanned the flames.
Popcorn Time installs around 5000 files as part of its node_modules.
Popcorn kernels need to reach ~360 F to pop and the pan should be in the 400-475 range for best results while virgin olive oil will smoke at 370 or so (less for unrefined) and heavily refined oil can make it to the low 400s before smoking.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use popcorn in a sentence?
If you can make good popcorn with your olive oil then that is a signal to you that the oil is over-refined and has almost no health benefit whatsoever.
What does popcorn mean?
To pop repeatedly, like popcorn cooking.
What part of speech is popcorn?
popcorn is commonly used as verb, noun.