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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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— The Planet Savers • Marion Zimmer Bradley

... and walked with dignity to the counter. His footsteps echoed loudly on the floor of polished boards. He took down a bottle, labelled "Sirop de Groseille." The little sounds he made, the clink of glass, the gurgling of the liquid, the pop of the soda-water cork had a preternatural sharpness. He came back carrying a pink and glistening tumbler. Mr. Ricardo had followed his movements with oblique, coyly expectant yellow eyes, like a cat watching the preparation of a saucer of milk, and the satisfied sound after ...

— Victory • Joseph Conrad

... when these savages could hold a formation under fire for longer than a minute or two at the outside; and the rushes always broke before the bullets of the teamsters. Between these sorties there were long intervals of desultory firing—minutes of silence with intermittent pop-popping to vary the deadly monotony. Once in a while the surrounding hillsides would blossom out with smoke-puffs, and the banging of the rifles would merge into a sort of ...

— When the West Was Young • Frederick R. Bechdolt

... see, for a long time I ain't been easy in me mind about them stables where 'im and you keeps your 'osses, sir, 'count of it not being safe enough,—worritted I 'ave, sir. So 's arternoon, as we was passing the end o' the street, I sez to m'lud, I sez, 'Won't your Ludship jest pop your nob round the corner and squint your peepers at the 'osses?' I sez. So 'e laughs, easy like, and in we pops. And the first thing we see was your 'ead groom, Mr. Martin, wiv blood on 'is mug and ...

— The Amateur Gentleman • Jeffery Farnol et al

... launchings. On the return trip, Quartermain would eject at sixty thousand feet and pull the capsule's huge parachute for a slow drop to the surface of the Atlantic where a recovery fleet was standing by. The light rocket hull would pop a separate chute and also drift down for recovery ...

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