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on and popping

on and popping adjective: lively and full of action or excitement.

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
    • The dining room was empty, but we had a living room to entertain and cool bedrooms. It was on and popping.2012, Remo Kareem, I Am That Man..., page 32
  2. (slang, African-American Vernacular) Ready and willing.

Examples of on and popping in a sentence

  • "So when the time comes, we'll set everything up, and afterwards it's on and popping.2013, Tyler Gore, G.A.B.O.S. - Game Ain't Based on Sympathy, page 103:
  • I had things on and popping, and my life was moving in the best direction possible.2017, M.T. Pope, Hustling on the Down Low:

Forms of on and popping

alternative formon and poppin'

Questions about on and popping

What does on and popping mean?
On and popping means lively and full of action or excitement.
How do you use on and popping in a sentence?
"So when the time comes, we'll set everything up, and afterwards it's on and popping.
What part of speech is on and popping?
On and popping is an adjective.

Words near on and popping in the dictionary

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

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