English Explanatory Dictionary

pop

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle, especially when the contents are pressurized by fizziness.
  2. An effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; soda pop.
  3. A bottle, can, or serving of effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; a soda pop.
  4. A pop shot: a quick, possibly unaimed, shot with a firearm.
  5. A quantity dispensed; a portion; apiece.
  6. Something that stands out or is distinctive to the mind or senses.
  7. The removal of a data item from the top of a stack.
  8. A bird, the European redwing.
  9. The sixth derivative of the position vector with respect to time (after velocity, acceleration, jerk, jounce, crackle), i.e. the rate of change of crackle.
  10. A pistol.
  11. A small, immature peanut, boiled as a snack.
  12. Ellipsis of freeze pop.
verb
  1. To make a pop, or sharp, quick sound.
  2. To burst (something) with a popping sound.
  3. To enter, or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement; to move from place to place suddenly; to dart.
  4. To place (something) (somewhere); to move or position (something) with a short movement.
  5. To make a short trip or visit.
  6. To stand out; to be distinctive to the senses.
  7. To hit (something or someone).
  8. To shoot (usually somebody) with a firearm.
  9. To ejaculate; to orgasm.
  10. To remove (a data item) from the top of a stack.
  11. To give birth.
  12. To sexually penetrate.
intj
  1. A loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle.
noun
  1. One's father.
adj
  1. Popular.
noun
  1. Pop music.
noun
  1. Population.
noun
  1. A Russian Orthodox parish priest.
noun
  1. Acronym of persistent organic pollutant.
  2. Acronym of picture outside of picture.
  3. Acronym of point of presence.
  4. Acronym of Point of Purchase.
  5. Acronym of probability of precipitation.
  6. Acronym of progestogen-only pill or progestin-only pill.
name
  1. Initialism of Pacific Ocean Park.
  2. Acronym of Post Office Protocol.
adj
  1. Acronym of post office preferred, denoting a standard envelope size.
noun
  1. A social club and debating society at Eton College.
  2. The body of college prefects.
noun
  1. A popular classical music concert.
name
  1. Traditional nickname for a stage doorman.
noun
  1. Initialism of proof of personhood.
  2. Initialism of package on a package.
  3. Initialism of point of presence.

Pronunciation

pŏp /pɒp/ /pɑp/ en-ca-pop.ogg en-us-pop.ogg

Word forms

pop pops popping popped pope

Etymology

From Middle English pop, poppe (“a blow; strike; buffet”) (> Middle English poppen (“to strike; thrust”, verb)), of onomatopoeic origin – used to describe the sound, or short, sharp actions. The physics sense is part of a facetious sequence "snap, crackle, pop", after the mascots of Rice Krispies cereal.

Synonyms

the list at soda peek nip

Related words

papa pa pap paps

Derived words

alcopop blow this pop stand cake pop cherry-pop cherry-popping color pop cookie pop cool pop corporation pop council pop eye-popping finger-pop freeze pop ginger pop ginger-pop granny-pop-out-of-bed have a pop at hedge popping hop and pop ice cream pop ice pop lollipop maizypop on and popping paddle pop passion pop pec pop pick and pop pop a cap in someone's ass pop a deuce pop around pop a squat popcorn pop down popeye popeyed pop fastener pop filter pop fly pop for pop gun popgun pophole pop in pop-in popless popmaize pop off pop on pop one's clogs pop one's cork pop one's wad pop out popout pop out cake popover pop over poppable popper pop pills

Translations

Dutch: frisdrank Finnish: limsa Finnish: limu Finnish: limppari German: Sprudelwasser German: Sprudel Hungarian: üdítő Hungarian: űdítőital Polish: napój gazowany Russian: газиро́вка Russian: лимона́д Swedish: läsk
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