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pop¹

  • /pɒp/ Canada, UK
  • /pɑp/ US

Rhymes with -ɒp

Where it 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.

noun pops

  1. countable 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.
  2. Canada, Inland Northern American, Midlands, Midwestern US, Northern England, Northwestern An effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; soda pop. Lunch was sandwiches and a bottle of pop.
  3. Canada, Inland Northern American, Midwestern US, Northwestern, Pennsylvania, US 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.
  4. countable, uncountable A pop shot: a quick, possibly unaimed, shot with a firearm. The man with the gun took a pop at the rabbit.
  5. colloquial, countable, uncountable A quantity dispensed; a portion. They cost 50 pence a pop.
  6. countable, uncountable Something that stands out or is distinctive to the mind or senses. a white dress with a pop of red
  7. countable, uncountable The removal of a data item from the top of a stack. Pushes and pops change the stack; indexing just accesses it.
  8. countable, uncountable A bird, the European redwing.
  9. countable, uncountable 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.
  10. countable, dated, slang, uncountable A pistol. And then I got a shock, for a couple of ragged patriots standing close by, leaned over as Elliot moved, their eyes shining viciously, and quick as winking out came their pops, and I saw them ready and willing, yes, darned anxious to shoot.
  11. US, countable, plural, uncountable A small, immature peanut, boiled as a snack. Immature peanuts, called "pops," are often included when the peanuts are boiled at home […]
  12. abbreviation, colloquial, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of freeze pop.freeze pop Although they go by many names across the world freezer pop, ice-pole, pop stick icy-pole ice pop, tip top and ice candy but in the hoods of America they are known and respected as Freeze Pops. The pops are made by freezing flavored liquid such as sugar water, Kool-Aid or some form of fruit juice or
  13. colloquial, countable, uncountable A lollipop.
  14. countable, slang, uncountable A (usually very) loud audience reaction.
  15. countable, uncountable The pulling of a string away from the fretboard and releasing it so that it snaps back.

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verb pops · popping · popped

  1. intransitive To make a pop, or sharp, quick sound. The muskets popped away on all sides.
  2. ergative To burst (something) with a popping sound. The boy with the pin popped the balloon.
  3. ergative, figuratively 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
  4. intransitive, usually 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.
  5. Australia, UK, transitive To place (something) (somewhere); to move or position (something) with a short movement. Just pop it in the fridge for now.
  6. intransitive, often, usually To make a short trip or visit. I'm just popping round to the newsagent.
  7. intransitive To stand out; to be distinctive to the senses. This colour really pops.
  8. transitive To hit (something or someone). He popped me on the nose.
  9. slang, transitive To shoot (usually somebody) with a firearm.
  10. intransitive, slang, vulgar To ejaculate; to orgasm. Ah concur wi Sharon’s wishes n fuck her in the fanny. […] Ah think aboot how close she is tae poppin and how far up ah am, […]
  11. transitive To remove (a data item) from the top of a stack. Once the callee (the called function) terminates, it cleans the stack that it has been locally using and pops the next value stored on top of the stack.
  12. intransitive, slang To give birth. Well, dear. You're ready to pop, aren't you? Little one's on its way.
  13. To sexually penetrate. A lot of Black men are deluding themselves into thinking they're not homosexual or bisexual, even though they are having sex with other men. They're not 'gay,' but sure, they've 'popped some sissies.'
  14. slang, transitive To pawn (something) (to raise money). I had to pop my watch to see me through until pay-day.
  15. slang, transitive To swallow or consume (especially a tablet of a drug, sometimes extended to other small items such as sweets or candy). We were drinking beer and popping pills — some really strong downers. I could hardly walk and I had no idea what I was saying.
  16. informal, transitive To perform (a move or stunt) while riding a board or vehicle. Pop a U-turn. You missed the turnoff.
  17. intransitive To undergo equalization of pressure when the Eustachian tubes open. My ears popped as the aeroplane began to ascend.
  18. To perform the popping style of dance. Let the poppers pop and the breakers break / We're cool, cool cats, it's like that
  19. slang, transitive To arrest. He's on probation. We can pop him right now for gang association.
  20. To pull a string away from the fretboard and release it so that it snaps back.
  21. slang To occur or happen. What's popping?

interjection

  1. A loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle. "They tuk the ditch, you see, big as it is, in full sthroke; not a man o' thim was shuk in his sate, nor lost his rank; it was pop, pop, pop, ovir wid thim; and thin, hurra, away wid thim like shot acrass the High Field, in the direction o' the ould church."

pop²

  • /pɒp/ Canada, UK
  • /pɑp/ US

Rhymes with -ɒp

Where it comes from

From papa or poppa.

noun pops

  1. colloquial, endearing One's father or sometimes one's grandfather. My pop used to tell me to do my homework every night.

pop³

  • /pɒp/ Canada, UK
  • /pɑp/ US

Rhymes with -ɒp

Where it comes from

Clipping of popular.

adjective

  1. attributive, not comparable Popular.

noun

  1. uncountable Pop music.

pop⁴

  • /pɒp/ Canada, UK
  • /pɑp/ US

Rhymes with -ɒp

Where it comes from

Clipping of population.

noun

  1. uncountable Population. GUNNISON 35.5m. (153 alt., 484 pop.), is larger than the usual plantation town, having several stores instead of one.

pop⁵

  • /pɒp/ Canada, UK
  • /pɑp/ US

Rhymes with -ɒp

Where it 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.

noun pops · pope

  1. uncommon A Russian Orthodox parish priest. There was at that time in the house of the Consul a Pop (or Russian Priest) named Iwan Afanassich.

POP⁶

noun POPs

  1. abbreviation, acronym, countable Acronym of persistent organic pollutant.persistent organic pollutant One commonly used POP (persistent organic pollutant), organochlorine, may be responsible for contaminating the world's seafood supply, since pesticides can run off the land into streams, lakes, and reservoirs.
  2. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of picture outside of picture.picture outside of picture
  3. abbreviation, acronym, countable Acronym of point of presence.point of presence
  4. abbreviation, acronym, countable Acronym of Point of Purchase.Point of Purchase
  5. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of probability of precipitation.probability of precipitation
  6. abbreviation, acronym, countable Acronym of progestogen-only pill or progestin-only pill.progestogen-only pill or progestin-only pill

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, historical, initialism Initialism of Pacific Ocean Park.Pacific Ocean Park The parachutes at Riverview Park will shake us up all day / And Disneyland and P.O.P. is worth a trip to L.A
  2. Internet, abbreviation, acronym Acronym of Post Office Protocol.Post Office Protocol

adjective

  1. abbreviation, acronym, not comparable Acronym of post office preferred, denoting a standard envelope size.post office preferred

Pop⁷

  • /pɒp/ UK
  • /pɑp/ US

Sounds like pop · Rhymes with -ɒp, -ɑp

Where it comes from

Uncertain. The OED suggests either from (lolli)pop ("because the meetings were held in the rooms of Mrs Hatton, who kept the lollipop shop"), or from Latin popīna (“cookshop”). The second sense derives from the first.

noun Pops

  1. A social club and debating society at Eton College.
  2. The body of college prefects.

Pop⁸

  • /pɒp/ UK
  • /pɑp/ US

Sounds like pop · Rhymes with -ɒp, -ɑp

Where it comes from

Shortened from popular (concert).

noun Pops

  1. also, plural A popular classical music concert. As to the tall, curly-haired man, I suppose it was the one who was with me at the last Pop.

Pop⁹

  • /pɒp/ UK
  • /pɑp/ US

Sounds like pop · Rhymes with -ɒp, -ɑp

Where it comes from

From pop (“father”).

proper noun

  1. US, colloquial Traditional nickname for a stage doorman. “All the other stars would leave the theatre wearing fur coats, fancy hats, and imported French shoes,” said Pop Stern, a longtime stage-doorman.

PoP10

noun PoPs

  1. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of proof of personhood.proof of personhood
  2. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of package on a package.package on a package
  3. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of point of presence.point of presence

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