pop off

verb pops off · popping off · popped off

1. informal, intransitive To leave and return in a short time. I'm just popping off to the shops to pick up some bread.
2. informal, intransitive To die suddenly.
3. informal, transitive To kill someone. When Captain Sleet in person stood his mast-head in this crow’s-nest of his, he tells us that he always had a rifle with him (also fixed in the rack), together with a powder flask and shot, for the purpose of popping off the stray narwhales, or vagrant sea unicorns infesting those waters; […]

   Similar: annihilate, bag, baptize, bereave of life, blight, bring down, bump off, bury, cack, compromised to a permanent end, croak, crush

4. transitive To fire or launch (a shot, projectile, or missile), especially singly or in small bursts. The Long Lances, however, were thick in the water, and soon Portland was hit in the stern, sending her turning donuts across the ocean trying to work out which way to point her guns, popping off occasional shots at Hiei, which, by now, was heavily ablaze and a very obvious target in the night.
5. derogatory, informal, intransitive, usually To speak frankly. popping off at the mouth
6. informal, intransitive To release flatulence, generally in short rapid succession.
7. transitive To thrust away, or put off promptly. to pop one off with a denial
8. UK, informal, transitive To turn off. Pop that light off, will you?
9. intransitive, slang To perform extremely well (in a video game or other activity). After changing my mouse sensitivity, I immediately started popping off.

   Similar: go off