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UK
/pˈɒp/
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[ US /ˈpɑp/ ]
[ US /ˈpɑp/ ]
NOUN
- an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
- 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
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a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring
in New England they call sodas tonics - a sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork
VERB
-
make a sharp explosive noise
The cork of the champagne bottle popped -
put or thrust suddenly and forcefully
He popped the petit-four into his mouth
pop the pizza into the microwave oven -
drink down entirely
He downed three martinis before dinner
They popped a few beer after work
She killed a bottle of brandy that night -
hit or strike
He popped me on the head -
burst open with a sharp, explosive sound
The balloon popped
This popcorn pops quickly in the microwave oven -
hit a pop-fly
He popped out to shortstop -
fire a weapon with a loud explosive noise
The soldiers were popping -
cause to make a sharp explosive sound
He popped the champagne bottle -
appear suddenly or unexpectedly
He suddenly popped up out of nowhere
The farm popped into view as we turned the corner -
bulge outward
His eyes popped -
cause to burst with a loud, explosive sound
The child popped the balloon -
release suddenly
pop the clutch -
take drugs, especially orally
The man charged with murder popped a valium to calm his nerves
ADVERB
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like a pop or with a pop
everything went pop
ADJECTIVE
- (of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people)
How To Use pop In A Sentence
- This does not exclude the existence of pockets of the urban population with unrealized homosexual desires.
- The resettlement fee shall be calculated according to the number of agricultural population to be resettled.
- Try feeling a little "schlubby" popping around the corner for a newspaper. Wine Shopping in San Francisco, Italian Style
- The Temple to the Hebrew God YHVH, built by King David, was destroyed and much of the Jewish population (Jew comes from the word Judah, one of the 12 tribes) were deported to Babylon, known to Jews as the Babylonian captivity. On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
- The popular beauty spot is home to a variety of wildlife including birds and types of bats.
- Thanks to her doctor’s recommendations she finds herself feeling decafargic by noon. cardiacpopups – the messages that popup on your computer when you are in the middle of an important project and warn you that your computer is about to conk out. on 07 Sep 2007 at 5: 52 pm Kimberly defurrify – to remove pet hair/dander from a person or thing on 07 Sep 2007 at 6: 12 pm Heather Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Writer Unboxed’s CONTEST, CONTEST!
- For 10,000,000 years during the Miocene, Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs this area was a fiery inferno of constant volcanic activity and magnificent giants such as the Grizaba, La Malinche, Iztaccihuatl, Popocatepetl, Volcan de Toluca and Volcan de Colima, along with thousands of smaller volcanic cones, came into eruptive existence. The geology and geography of Lake Chapala and western Mexico
- Another tomb of interest (and of which we will speak in extenso in the next instalment of this series) is the tomb of the Pope Clement II, the only pope to be buried north of the Alps. The statue, sculpted by the same (unknown) sculptor as the Horseman, was originally the slab of the tomb, which remains on the west choir, behind the cathedra: Catholic Bamberg: The Cathedral
- As a young man he wrote words to popular folk airs and had them printed as broadsheets.
- The distich caused discussion regarding the quantity of "hic", but the pope defended the prosody of Voltaire who confirmed his opinion by a quotation from Virgil which he said ought to be the epitaph of The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne
