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on and poppin'

on and poppin' is the alternative spelling of on and popping.

Meaning of on and popping

Adjective

on and popping (not comparable)

  1. (slang, African-American Vernacular) Lively and full of action or excitement.
    • Tammy suggested, "The peeps from the play are hanging out at the Hollywood Athletic Club. That's on and popping."2000, Eric Jerome Dickey, Cheaters, page 244
  2. (slang, African-American Vernacular) Ready and willing.

Questions about on and poppin'

What is on and poppin' the alternative spelling of?
On and poppin' is the alternative spelling of on and popping.

Words near on and poppin' in the dictionary

  1. on an equal footing
  2. on an impulse
  3. on an irregular basis
  4. on and off
  5. on and on
  6. on and poppin'
  7. on and popping
  8. on another note
  9. on any view
  10. on at
  11. on average

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Adapted from Wiktionary: on and poppin' (page history and authors); on and popping (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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