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Pop

noun

1.

An informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk. Synonyms: dad, dada, daddy, pa, papa, pappa.

2.

A sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring. Synonyms: soda, soda pop, soda water, tonic.

3.

A sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork. Synonym: popping.

4.

Music of general appeal to teenagers; a bland watered-down version of rock'n'roll with more rhythm and harmony and an emphasis on romantic love. Synonym: pop music.

verb

(past & past part. popped; pres. part. popping)

1.

Bulge outward. Synonyms: bug out, bulge, bulge out, come out, pop out, protrude, start.

2.

Hit a pop-fly.

3.

Make a sharp explosive noise.

4.

Fire a weapon with a loud explosive noise.

5.

Cause to make a sharp explosive sound.

6.

Appear suddenly or unexpectedly. Synonyms: crop up, pop up. "He suddenly popped up out of nowhere"

7.

Put or thrust suddenly and forcefully. "He popped the petit-four into his mouth"

8.

Release suddenly.

9.

Hit or strike.

10.

Drink down entirely. Synonyms: belt down, bolt down, down, drink down, kill, pour down, toss off. "She killed a bottle of brandy that night" , "They popped a few beer after work"

11.

Take drugs, especially orally.

12.

Cause to burst with a loud, explosive sound.

13.

Burst open with a sharp, explosive sound. "This popcorn pops quickly in the microwave oven"

adjective

1.

(of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people). Synonym: popular.

adverb

1.

Like a pop or with a pop.

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"Pop" Quotes from Famous Books

... I listened eagerly for further information. At last bang went another shot, and then a second volley of yells from the hills. Again all was quiet, and continued so for such a length of time that I began to think the contending armies had agreed upon a suspension of hostilities; when pop went a third gun, followed as before with a yell. After this, for nearly two hours nothing occurred worthy of comment, save some straggling shouts from the hillside, sounding like the halloos of a parcel of truant boys who had lost themselves ...

— Typee - A Romance of the South Sea • Herman Melville

... General told me that he should never see me more; for he was going with a handful of men to conquer whole nations; and to do this they must cut their way through unknown woods. He produced a map of the country, saying at the same time: 'Dear Pop, we are sent like sacrifices to the altar,'"[195]—a strange presentiment for a man ...

— Montcalm and Wolfe • Francis Parkman

... ground. The pieces were placed in a fire under the copper, and they quickly blazed up brightly, while the tree sighed so deeply that each sigh was like a pistol-shot. Then the children, who were at play, came and seated themselves in front of the fire, and looked at it and cried, "Pop, pop." But at each "pop," which was a deep sigh, the tree was thinking of a summer day in the forest; and of Christmas evening, and of "Humpty Dumpty," the only story it had ever heard or knew how to relate, ...

— Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen • Hans Christian Andersen

... dimpled roguishly at him. "I have an awful way of cutting up any jinks that happen to pop into my head! You'll ...

— Patty's Suitors • Carolyn Wells

... discharge their Fans, they give one general Crack that may be heard at a considerable distance when the Wind sits fair. This is one of the most difficult parts of the Exercise; but I have several ladies with me who at their first Entrance could not give a Pop loud enough to be heard at the further end of a Room, who can now discharge a Fan in such a manner that it shall make a Report like a Pocket-Pistol. I have likewise taken care (in order to hinder young Women from letting off their Fans in wrong Places or unsuitable Occasions) to shew ...

— Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 1 • Charles Dudley Warner

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