pop out

verb pops out · popping out · popped out

1. intransitive, slang To leave a room or building with the expectation of returning soon.
2. intransitive To appear on the screen as a temporary window or menu. In the menu that then pops out, select the number of degrees you want to rotate the image (90° if the image is lying on its left side, 180° if the image is upside down, or 270° if the image is lying on its right side).
3. To be retired after three strikes, including a popout (pop fly) on the third strike.
4. slang, transitive To give birth. So you think I should just stay home and pop out kids for the next twenty years?
5. slang, of a joint To have (something) suddenly come out of its normal position, as in a dislocation or subluxation. He popped out his shoulder during the fight.

   Opposite: pop in

6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pop, out. “You’re such a dog person, Haley. Get over yourself. Cats are people too.” / I wasn’t about to touch that one. “Make yourself comfortable, but if a cat pops out from under your clothes, you’re outta here.[…]”