Etymology : Middle English poppen, of imitative origin
Pronunciation : päp
Function : verb
Date : 15th century
1. (abb.) Persistent Organic Polutant.
2. point of access to the Internet that has a unique Internet address (the size of an Internet service provider is measured according to the numbers of access points it has). protocol for receiving electronic mail from a central POP server (Computers). of popular culture, designed for the general population; trendy, fashionable; unexpected, surprise. sound of an explosion; carbonated drink; dad, father (Informal). make a shattering sound; explode with a loud bang (like a balloon); enter; shoot; beat, hit, strike.
3. a carbonated drink, like cola. Originally from when such drinks utilized corks, thus they went pop on openin.
4. a physical or verbal attack; see:
"have a pop at (someone) .
5. a pisto.
6. especially pops, fathe.
7. to stea.
8. to hit, to punc.
9. to have sexual intercours.
10. to make pregnan.
11. to inject a dru.
12. to place, put: "Come in, please. Pop your bag down there and we'll have a nice cuppa before I show you to your room .
13. to go: "I'm just popping down to the shops to get a pint of milk .
14. to shoot someone: "I'm a pop a cap in him " -- Jules in the movie "Pulp Fiction ". pop\pop\, v. t.
15. to thrust or push suddenly; to offer suddenly; to bring suddenly and unexpectedly to notice; as, to pop one's head in at the door. he popped a paper into his hand.
16. to cause to pop; to cause to burst open by heat, as grains of indian corn; as, to pop corn or chestnuts.
17. pop.
18. A small, sharp, quick explosive sound or report; as, to go off with a pop.
19. An unintoxicating beverage which expels the cork with a pop from the bottle containing it; as, ginger pop; lemon pop, etc.
20. The European redwing.
21. To make a pop, or sharp, quick sound; as, the muskets popped away on all sides.
22. To enter, or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement; to move from place to place suddenly; to dart; with in, out, upon, off, etc.
23. To burst open with a pop, when heated over a fire; as, this corn pops well.
24. To thrust or push suddenly; to offer suddenly; to bring suddenly and unexpectedly to notice; as, to pop one's head in at the door.
25. To cause to pop; to cause to burst open by heat, as grains of Indian corn; as, to pop corn or chestnuts.
26. Like a pop; suddenly; unexpectedly. a sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring; "in New England they call sodas tonics" burst open with a sharp, explosive sound; "The balloon popped"; "This popcorn pops quickly in the microwave oven" cause to burst with a lound, explosive sound; "The child popped the balloon" fire a weapon with a loud explosive noise; "The soldiers were popping" take drugs, especially orally; "The man charged with murder popped a valium to calm his nerves" hit or strike; "He popped me on the head" hit a pop-fly; "He popped out to shortstop" release suddenly; "pop the clutch" put or thrust suddenly and forcefully; "pop the pizza into the microwave oven"; "He popped the petit-four into his mouth" make a sharp explosive noise; "The cork of the champagne bottle popped" cause to make a sharp explosive sound; "He popped the champagne bottle" like a pop or with a pop; "everything went pop".
27. pop. pop. pop. pop, popular. pop müzik pop music, pop, popular music.
28. pop.
29. A POP is equipment that gives access to the Internet. POP is an abbreviation for `point of presence'.
30. Pop is modern music that usually has a strong rhythm and uses electronic equipment. the perfect combination of Caribbean rhythms, European pop, and American soul a life-size poster of a pop star I know nothing about pop music.
31. You can refer to fizzy drinks such as lemonade as pop. He still visits the village shop for buns and fizzy pop. glass pop bottles.
32. Pop is used to represent a short sharp sound, for example the sound made by bursting a balloon or by pulling a cork out of a bottle. His back tyre just went pop on a motorway.
33. If something pops, it makes a short sharp sound. He untwisted the wire off the champagne bottle, and the cork popped and shot to the ceiling.
34. If your eyes pop, you look very surprised or excited when you see:
something. My eyes popped at the sight of the rich variety of food on show.
35. If you pop something somewhere, you put it there quickly. He plucked a purple grape from the bunch and popped it in his mouth.
36. If you pop somewhere, you go there for a short time. Wendy popped in for a quick bite to eat on Monday night.
37. Some people call their father pop. I looked at Pop and he had big tears in his eyes.
38. to pop the question: see:
question. pop. is an abbreviation for population. It is used before a number when indicating the total population of a city or country. Somalia, pop. 7.9 million, income per head about £1.60 a week. Father. population. the written abbreviation of population.