popper vs tow

popper

noun
  • A floating lure designed to splash when the fishing line is twitched. 

  • A device that pops kernels of corn to produce popcorn. 

  • Synonym of juice box 

  • A short piece of twisted string tied to the end of a whip that creates the distinctive sound when the whip is thrown or cracked. 

  • A stuffed and usually breaded jalapeño. 

  • Either of a pair of interlocking discs commonly used in place of buttons to fasten clothing, a snap fastener. 

  • Amyl nitrate. 

  • One who or that which pops. 

  • A looner (balloon fetishist) who prefers to burst balloons. 

  • A capsule of amyl nitrite, a recreational drug used during sex. 

tow

noun
  • Something, such as a tugboat, that tows. 

  • The short, coarse, less desirable fibres separated by hackling from the finer longer fibres (line). 

  • Something, such as a barge, that is towed. 

  • The act of towing and the condition of being towed. 

  • A rope or cable used in towing. 

  • A speed increase given by driving in front of another car on a straight, which causes a slipstream for the car behind. 

  • An untwisted bundle of fibres such as cellulose acetate, flax, hemp or jute. 

verb
  • To aid someone behind by shielding them from wind resistance. 

  • To pull something behind one using a line or chain; to haul. 

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