popcorning
- 1Present participle and gerund of popcorn. Use this when the action is happening right now or when naming the activity itself.
The guinea pigs were popcorning around their cage with excitement.
Popcorning all afternoon, the happy pigs barely stopped to eat.
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- 2Quick, repeated jumps a guinea pig makes when it is happy or excited.
Like a child jumping for joy after hearing good news.
All that popcorning means your guinea pig is feeling playful.
We watched the little pets' popcorning until they tired themselves out.
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- 3When one explosion sets off others, one after another, by accident.
Like dominoes falling: one tips over and knocks down the rest.
The fire crew feared popcorning as the flames reached the stored fireworks.
Loose ammunition can cause popcorning when one round heats up and goes off.
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Less common meaning
- 4A low, creaky way the voice sounds when it drops to its bottom range.
Like the creaky sound an old door makes when it slowly closes.
Her voice slipped into popcorning at the end of every sentence.
Coaches asked the singer to drop the popcorning and speak from her chest.
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popcorning is a form of popcorn
popcorn, verb: To make many small popping sounds quickly, one right after another. Full entry
- Spelling
- popcorn → popcorning: add -ing
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Origin
From popcorn plus -ing. It comes from the way popcorn kernels jump around while cooking.