pop Hear it!

pop¹ Definition

pop (päp)

noun

  1. a sudden short, light explosive sound
  2. a shot as with a revolver or rifle
  3. any carbonated, nonalcoholic beverage: from the sound produced when the cork or cap is removed from the bottle
  4. a frozen confection consisting of ice cream or flavored ice on the end of a small stick
  5. ☆ Baseball a ball hit high in the air, usually not beyond the infield
  6. ☆ Slang
    1. an attempt; try
    2. each; apiece: used with a we paid $5 a pop to get in

Etymology: ME poppe: echoic

intransitive verb popped, pop′·ping

  1. to make, or burst with, a short, light, explosive sound
  2. to move, go, come, etc. suddenly and quickly, and usually unexpectedly to pop into a room
  3. to open wide suddenly, or protrude, as with amazement: said of the eyes
  4. to shoot a pistol, etc.
  5. ☆ Baseball to hit the ball high in the air, usually not beyond the infield: often with out or up
  6. Slang to offer to pay: with for I'll pop for lunch

transitive verb

  1. ☆ to cause to pop, as corn by roasting
    1. to fire (a pistol, etc.)
    2. to shoot
  3. to put suddenly, quickly, or unexpectedly to pop one's head in the door, to pop a question at someone
  4. ☆ Slang to swallow (a pill, capsule, etc.)
  5. ☆ Baseball to hit (the ball) high in the air, usually not beyond the infield

Etymology: ME poppen

adverb

with or like a pop

pop¹ Idioms

pop off

Informal
  1. to die suddenly
  2. ☆ to speak or write carelessly, emotionally, or angrily
  3. Chiefly Brit. to leave hastily

pop the question

Informal to propose marriage

pop² Definition

☆ pop (päp)

noun

  1. father
  2. familiar term of address to any elderly man

Etymology: contr. < poppa, var. of papa

pop³ Definition

pop (päp)

adjective

    1. designating or of music popular with the general public a pop singer, a pop album
    2. pops
  2. intended for the popular taste, esp. as exploited commercially pop culture, pop psychology
  3. ☆ designating or of a realistic art style, esp. in painting and sculpture, using techniques and popular subjects adapted from commercial art and the mass media, such as comic strips, posters, etc. a pop artist

noun

    1. pop music
    2. a pop song, concert, etc.
  2. pop culture
  3. ☆ pop art

pop4 Definition

pop

  1. popular
  2. popularly
  3. population

POP Definition

POP

point of purchase

pop Synonyms

pop

n.

  1. A slight explosive sound

    report, burst, shot; see noise 1.

  2. A carbonated drink

    soda pop, tonic, soda, cola, Coke (trademark), ginger pop, soda water, beverage, soft drink; see also drink 3.

pop Synonyms

pop

v.

dart, leap, protrude; see jump 1, rise 1.

POP Telecom Definition

  1. Point Of Presence. The point at which an interexchange carrier (IXC) establishes a physical presence in a geographic area, and at which the local exchange carriers (LECs) terminate access services. The term GigaPOP is sometimes used in reference to a POP with bandwidth in the Gbps range. See also access circuit, GigaPOP, LEC, and IXC.
  2. Post Office Protocol. An IETF standard for a store-and-forward service used by a client to retrieve e-mail from a remote server over an IP network. The current version is POP3 (Post Office Protocol version 3). See also client, e-mail, IETF, IP, POP3, and server.

pop Usage Examples

Object

  • cork: There are no bubbling fondues, giggling chalet maids or popping corks, just the inescapable soundtrack of ski touring.
  • pill: Popping vitamin pills instead of eating these foods wonât help either, because they donât contain all of the phytochemicals that fresh foods contain.

Converse of object

jangle: We open with the glittering jangle guitar pop of ' Roman Litter ' .

Adjective modifier

  • 60s: The prevailing climate is clearly a keen interest in the 60s and/or the reinterpretation of 60s pop made in the 80s.
  • punky: Even better than the first album; gloomy, funny, punky, zombie hip-hop pop.
  • jangly: We all felt we could relate to that because we're not about the jangly pop or the rock'n'roll scene of the Strokes.

Modifies a noun

  • star: You don't ask a pop star what drugs he's taking.
  • idol: I am giggling because I do the same thing with my mother and pop idol via texting!
  • song: Yeah, the simple pop song part of the ten year plan!
  • sensibility: This is a great, sophisticated album which may confuse some pop music sensibilities.
  • singer: Back then it didn't seem that pop singers were just doing a job.
  • princess: After all if he wants to play music you'd rather it be the pop princess herself.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • along: Big screen action all the way TO CATCH all the biggest films of the year, pop along to the Odeon in Weston.
  • up: A new window will pop up with a larger version of the image.

Noun used with modifier

  • indie: Things in Herds make just the sort of indie pop music that's sadly lacking in the world.
  • electro: The former make an occasionally infectious noise that's part '80s electro pop, part Goth gloom.
  • synth: Less nice or tasteful is the average synth pop of ' Sally ' .
  • lo-fi: The Rough Bunnies is a Swedish duo that has become famous for playing lo-fi pop at its very best.
  • guitar: What we have here, thanks to Mr Page, is the chance to discover a classic American guitar pop band.

Preposition: up

window: A pop up window will appear asking you to either save the file to disk or to open the file.

Browse dictionary entries near pop

  1. ‹ poove
  2. ‹ Pooterish
  3. ‹ poorness
  4. ‹ poorly
  5. ‹ poori
  6. ‹ poorhouse
  7. ‹ poor white
  8. ‹ Poor SUID
  9. ‹ poor-spirited
  10. ‹ poor-mouth
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