Pop Definition

pŏp
popped, popping, pops
verb
popped, popping, pops
To make, or burst with, a short, light, explosive sound.
Webster's New World
To fire (a pistol, etc.)
Webster's New World
To burst open with a short, sharp, explosive sound.
American Heritage
To move, go, come, etc. suddenly and, usually, unexpectedly.
To pop into a room; new problems kept popping up.
Webster's New World
To open wide suddenly, or protrude, as with amazement.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
noun
pops
A sudden short, light explosive sound.
Webster's New World
A shot with a firearm.
American Heritage
Any carbonated, nonalcoholic beverage.
Webster's New World
A frozen confection consisting of ice cream or flavored ice on the end of a small stick.
Webster's New World
A ball hit high in the air, usually not beyond the infield.
Webster's New World
adverb
With a popping sound.
American Heritage
With or like a pop.
Webster's New World
Abruptly or unexpectedly.
American Heritage
adjective
Designating or of music popular with the general public.
A pop singer, a pop album.
Webster's New World
Of, relating to, or specializing in popular music.
A pop singer.
American Heritage
Webster's New World
Intended for the popular taste, esp. as exploited commercially.
Pop culture, pop psychology.
Webster's New World
Of or suggestive of pop art.
A pop style.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
abbreviation
Point of presence.
American Heritage
Popular.
Webster's New World
Popularly.
Webster's New World
Point of purchase.
Webster's New World
Proof of purchase.
American Heritage
interjection
Sound made in imitation of the sound.
Wiktionary
idiom
a pop
  • Apiece; each:

    Tickets to the benefit were $100 a pop.

American Heritage
pop the question
  • To propose marriage.
American Heritage
a pop
  • for each one; per person, per attempt, etc.

    we paid $5 a pop to get in; a punter averaging 40 yards a pop

Webster's New World
pop off
  • to die suddenly
  • to speak or write thoughtlessly, emotionally, or angrily
Webster's New World
pop the question
  • to propose marriage
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Pop

Noun

Singular:
pop
Plural:
pops1

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Pop

Origin of Pop

  • Origin 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 popÄ«na (“cookshop"). The second sense derives from the first.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English poppen from pop a blow, stroke of imitative origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Onomatopoeic - used to describe the sound, or short, sharp actions.

    From Wiktionary

  • Shortened from popular (concert).

    From Wiktionary

  • From popular, by shortening.

    From Wiktionary

  • From papa or poppa

    From Wiktionary

  • Short for popular

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Short for papa

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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