pop-up Definition
☆ pop·-up (päp′up′)
noun
- Baseball pop ()
- Comput. a window, containing a message or menu, that appears superimposed over the window in use, often, specif., one containing an advertisement from the Web
adjective
of or designating a book designed so that cut-out portions of an illustration lift when the book is opened to its page, producing a three-dimensional effect
pop-up Usage Examples
Modifying Another Word
- automatically: However, they do not automatically pop-up in any of these DIT entries.
- no: We operate on a no pop-up basis and we do not monitor your movements with cookies or the like.
- also: In addition, there is also pop-up menu, accessible by pressing the right mouse button.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- see: Click on picture to see enlarged photo pop-up in new window What know?
- make: Putting the cursor over that option will make the sub menu pop-up.
Modifies a noun
- blocker: To disable pop-up blockers for WebCT: Search your hard drive for any software with " pop-up " in the name.
- menu: How do I make a pop-up menu in HTML?
- window: A pop-up window will appear for you to upload the image from your local hard disk drive.
- ad: Google does not allow pop-up ads of any kind on our site.
- stopper: A small, simple, no-nonsense pop-up stopper for IE.
- advert: The pop-up adverts might then even install more software themselves!
Used with adjective complement
- annoy: Wife 1.0 also has a rather annoying pop-up called Mother-in-Law, which can't be turned off.
- disable: You may need to disable pop-up blocking software - see this guide.
- include: Firefox includes pop-up blocking - no need for external programs ( although Microsoft's ServicePack 2 for WinXP adds similar technology to Windows ).

