pop.
A loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle, especially when the contents are pressurized by fizziness.
Meaning & usage
A loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle, especially when the contents are pressurized by fizziness.
Listen to the pop of a champagne cork.
An effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; soda pop.
Lunch was sandwiches and a bottle of pop.
A bottle, can, or serving of effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; a soda pop.
Go in the store and buy us three pops.
A pop shot: a quick, possibly unaimed, shot with a firearm.
The man with the gun took a pop at the rabbit.
A quantity dispensed; a portion.
They cost 50 pence a pop.
Something that stands out or is distinctive to the mind or senses.
a white dress with a pop of red
a pop of vanilla flavour
The removal of a data item from the top of a stack.
A bird, the European redwing.
The sixth derivative of the position vector with respect to time (after velocity, acceleration, jerk, jounce, crackle), i.e. the rate of change of crackle.
A pistol.
A small, immature peanut, boiled as a snack.
Ellipsis of freeze pop.
A lollipop.
A (usually very) loud audience reaction.
The pulling of a string away from the fretboard and releasing it so that it snaps back.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English pop, poppe (“a blow; strike; buffet”) (> Middle English poppen (“to strike; thrust”, verb)), of onomatopoeic origin – used to describe the sound, or short, sharp actions. The physics sense is part of a facetious sequence "snap, crackle, pop", after the mascots of Rice Krispies cereal.
To make a pop, or sharp, quick sound.
The muskets popped away on all sides.
To burst (something) with a popping sound.
The boy with the pin popped the balloon.
This corn pops well.
To broach or open (something) in a way that is instantaneous or sudden and that often (literally or notionally) involves a popping sound; to remove (the closure, the lid or top) from something so as to open it in this manner.
pop the hood
pop the cork
To enter, or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement; to move from place to place suddenly; to dart.
A rabbit popped out of the hole.
To place (something) (somewhere); to move or position (something) with a short movement.
Just pop it in the fridge for now.
He popped his head around the door.
To make a short trip or visit.
I'm just popping round to the newsagent.
I'll pop by your place later today.
To stand out; to be distinctive to the senses.
This colour really pops.
To hit (something or someone).
He popped me on the nose.
To shoot (usually somebody) with a firearm.
To ejaculate; to orgasm.
To remove (a data item) from the top of a stack.
To give birth.
To sexually penetrate.
To pawn (something) (to raise money).
I had to pop my watch to see me through until pay-day.
To swallow or consume (especially a tablet of a drug, sometimes extended to other small items such as sweets or candy).
To perform (a move or stunt) while riding a board or vehicle.
Pop a U-turn. You missed the turnoff.
To undergo equalization of pressure when the Eustachian tubes open.
My ears popped as the aeroplane began to ascend.
To perform the popping style of dance.
To arrest.
He's on probation. We can pop him right now for gang association.
To pull a string away from the fretboard and release it so that it snaps back.
To occur or happen.
What's popping?
Where this word comes from
From Middle English pop, poppe (“a blow; strike; buffet”) (> Middle English poppen (“to strike; thrust”, verb)), of onomatopoeic origin – used to describe the sound, or short, sharp actions. The physics sense is part of a facetious sequence "snap, crackle, pop", after the mascots of Rice Krispies cereal.
A loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English pop, poppe (“a blow; strike; buffet”) (> Middle English poppen (“to strike; thrust”, verb)), of onomatopoeic origin – used to describe the sound, or short, sharp actions. The physics sense is part of a facetious sequence "snap, crackle, pop", after the mascots of Rice Krispies cereal.
One's father or sometimes one's grandfather.
My pop used to tell me to do my homework every night.
Where this word comes from
From papa or poppa.
Popular.
Where this word comes from
Clipping of popular.
Pop music.
Where this word comes from
Clipping of popular.
Population.
Where this word comes from
Clipping of population.
A Russian Orthodox parish priest.
Where this word comes from
From colloquial Russian поп (pop) and Попъ (Pop), from Old Church Slavonic попъ (popŭ), from Byzantine Greek πάπας (pápas) (see pope). Doublet of pope.
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