Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grab the popcorn

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.66 in modern English

Syllables
grab the pop-corn
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Said in anticipation of an enjoyable activity, often in a context where a person is about to watch a movie.

Informal

verb

Used to express anticipated enjoyment from watching a conflict or argument developing between other people, as if one were being entertained at the movies.

Informal

Usage

Inflected Forms

grabs the popcorn (present, singular) grabbing the popcorn (participle, present) grabbed the popcorn (participle, past) grabbed the popcorn (past)

Questions

What does grab the popcorn mean?
Said in anticipation of an enjoyable activity, often in a context where a person is about to watch a movie.

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