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☆ pop·-up (päp′up′)

noun

  1. Baseball pop ()
  2. 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

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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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pop-up Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • automatically: However, they do not automatically pop-up in any of these DIT entries.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • see: Click on picture to see enlarged photo pop-up in new window What know?

Modifies a noun

  • blocker: To disable pop-up blockers for WebCT: Search your hard drive for any software with " pop-up " in the name.

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.
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