pop

Noun (1)

pop (countable and uncountable, plural pops)

1. (countable) A loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle, especially when the contents are pressurized by fizziness.
   • Listen to the pop of a champagne cork.
2. (Canada, Inland-Northern-American, Midlands, Midwestern-US, Northern England, Northwestern) An effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; soda pop.
   • Lunch was sandwiches and a bottle of pop.
   • You have not taken anything off "pop" yet, and "pop" is the working-class drink. For the working-classes it is "pop" and cockles, just as with the upper classes it is champagne and oysters.1923, Ben Turner, “Estate Duty”, in parliamentary debates (House of Commons), column 186
3. (Canada, Inland-Northern-American, Midwestern-US, Northwestern, Pennsylvania, US) A bottle, can, or serving of effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; a soda pop.
   • Go in the store and buy us three pops.
4. A pop shot: a quick, possibly unaimed, shot with a firearm.
   • The man with the gun took a pop at the rabbit.
5. (colloquial) A quantity dispensed; a portion.
   • They cost 50 pence a pop.
   • British rockers Radiohead solved the "music is dead" dispute last year by allowing fans to name a price for the group's new album, In Rainbows. (More than a million albums sold in the first week alone, at an average $8 a pop).2008 January–February, Matt Bean, “Your cultural calendar: 7 things to look forward to this year”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 1, →ISSN, page 134
6. Something that stands out or is distinctive to the mind or senses.
   • a white dress with a pop of red
   • a pop of vanilla flavour
7. The removal of a data item from the top of a stack.
   • Pushes and pops change the stack; indexing just accesses it.2011, Mark Lutz, Programming Python, page 1371
8. A bird, the European redwing.
9. The sixth derivative of the position vector with respect to time (after velocity, acceleration, jerk, jounce, crackle), i.e. the rate of change of crackle.
10. (dated, slang) A pistol.
    • And then I got a shock, for a couple of ragged patriots standing close by, leaned over as Elliot moved, their eyes shining viciously, and quick as winking out came their pops, and I saw them ready and willing, yes, darned anxious to shoot.1916, Adventure, volume 13, numbers 1-3, page 129
11. (US, plural) A small, immature peanut, boiled as a snack.
    • Immature peanuts, called "pops," are often included when the peanuts are boiled at home […]1986, Mid-America Folklore, volume 14, page 6
    • If the peanuts weren't yet mature, boiling them would make the tiny nuts—or “pops,” as they're called at that immature stage—swell up and become more filling.2013, Becky Billingsley, A Culinary History of Myrtle Beach & the Grand Strand
12. (colloquial) A lollipop.
13. (slang) A (usually very) loud audience reaction.
14. The pulling of a string away from the fretboard and releasing it so that it snaps back.

Verb

pop (third-person singular simple present pops, present participle popping, simple past and past participle popped)

1. (intransitive) To make a pop, or sharp, quick sound.
   • The muskets popped away on all sides.
2. (ergative) To burst (something) with a popping sound.
   • The boy with the pin popped the balloon.
   • This corn pops well.
3. (ergative, figuratively, literal) To broach or open (something) in a way that is instantaneous or sudden and that often (literally or notionally) involves a popping sound; to remove (the closure, the lid or top) from something so as to open it in this manner.
   • pop the hood
   • pop the cork
4. (intransitive, usually, out, upon) To enter, or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement; to move from place to place suddenly; to dart.
   • A rabbit popped out of the hole.
   • He that hath . . ./ Popp'd in between the election and my hopes.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
5. (Australia, UK, transitive) To place (something) (somewhere); to move or position (something) with a short movement.
   • Just pop it in the fridge for now.
   • He popped his head around the door.

   Synonyms:

   nip

6. (intransitive, often, usually, round, along, in) To make a short trip or visit.
   • I'm just popping round to the newsagent.
   • I'll pop by your place later today.
7. (intransitive) To stand out; to be distinctive to the senses.
   • This colour really pops.
   • She also looked like a star - and not the Beltway type. On a stage full of stiff suits, she popped.2011 July 18, Robert Costa, “The Battle from Waterloo: Representative Bachmann runs for president”, in National Review
8. (transitive) To hit (something or someone).
   • He popped me on the nose.
9. (slang, transitive) To shoot (usually somebody) with a firearm.
10. (intransitive, slang, vulgar) To ejaculate; to orgasm.
    • Ah concur wi Sharon’s wishes n fuck her in the fanny. […] Ah think aboot how close she is tae poppin and how far up ah am, […]1994 [1993], Irvine Welsh, “Bang to Rites”, in Trainspotting, London: Minerva, →ISBN, page 219
11. (transitive) To remove (a data item) from the top of a stack.
    • Once the callee (the called function) terminates, it cleans the stack that it has been locally using and pops the next value stored on top of the stack.2010, Enrico Perla, Massimiliano Oldani, A Guide to Kernel Exploitation: Attacking the Core, page 55
    • The algorithm pops the stack to obtain a new current node when there are no more children (when it reaches a leaf).2011, John Mongan, Noah Kindler, Eric Giguère, Programming Interviews Exposed
12. (intransitive, slang) To give birth.
    • Well, dear. You're ready to pop, aren't you? Little one's on its way.2011 May 28, Matthew Graham, “The Almost People”, in Julian Simpson, director, Doctor Who, season 6/32, episode 6, spoken by Madame Kovarian (Frances Barber)
    • "Gavin told me one of his friends was pregnant, but my goodness, she looks ready to pop."2021 April 12, Jocelyn Samara D., Rain (webcomic), Comic 1362 - Prophecy

Interjection

1. A loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle.
   • "They tuk the ditch, you see, big as it is, in full sthroke; not a man o' thim was shuk in his sate, nor lost his rank; it was pop, pop, pop, ovir wid thim; and thin, hurra, away wid thim like shot acrass the High Field, in the direction o' the ould church."1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 520
   • Pop, would go one of the eight-inch guns; a small flame would dart and vanish, a little white smoke would disappear, a tiny projectile would give a feeble screech - and nothing happened.1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 203

Noun (2)

pop (plural pops)

1. (colloquial, endearing) One's father or sometimes one's grandfather.
   • My pop used to tell me to do my homework every night.

Adjective (1)

pop (not comparable)

1. (attributive) Popular.

Noun (3)

pop (uncountable)

1. Pop music.

Noun (4)

pop (uncountable)

1. Population.
   • GUNNISON 35.5m. (153 alt., 484 pop.), is larger than the usual plantation town, having several stores instead of one.2010 November 12, Robert S. McElvaine, The WPA Guide to the Magnolia State, page 349

Noun (5)

pop (plural pops)

1. (uncommon, Russian Orthodoxy) A Russian Orthodox parish priest.
   • There was at that time in the house of the Consul a Pop (or Russian Priest) named Iwan Afanassich.1822, Mikhaïlov Vasiliï, Adventures of Michailow, section 4
   • The contemporary priest's... own children are ashamed and some abusers are openly "transmitting the pop" (a gesture of mocking the priest on the street, where a man would touch his private parts while smiling at other passers-by)2001, Spas Raïkin, Rebel with a Just Cause, 292 n.28

Noun (6) capitalized: POP

POP (plural POPs)

1. (abbreviation, acronym, countable, environmental science) Acronym of persistent organic pollutant.
   • One commonly used POP (persistent organic pollutant), organochlorine, may be responsible for contaminating the world's seafood supply, since pesticides can run off the land into streams, lakes, and reservoirs.2009, Edward Group, Complete Colon Cleanse: The At-Home Detox Program to Restore Good Health, Boost Vitality, and Ensure Longevity, Ulysses Press, →ISBN, page 91
2. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of picture outside of picture.
3. (abbreviation, acronym, countable) Acronym of point of presence.
4. (abbreviation, acronym, countable) Acronym of Point of Purchase.
5. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of probability of precipitation.
6. (abbreviation, acronym, countable, steroids) Acronym of progestogen-only pill or progestin-only pill.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: POP

POP

1. (abbreviation, historical, initialism) Initialism of Pacific Ocean Park.
   • The parachutes at Riverview Park will shake us up all day / And Disneyland and P.O.P. is worth a trip to L.A1965, Mike Love, Brian Wilson, “Amusement Parks U.S.A.”, performed by The Beach Boys
2. (Internet, abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of Post Office Protocol.

Adjective (2) capitalized: POP

POP (not comparable)

1. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of post office preferred, denoting a standard envelope size.

Noun (7) capitalized: Pop

Pop (plural Pops)

1. A social club and debating society at Eton College.
2. The body of college prefects.

Noun (8) capitalized: Pop

Pop (plural Pops)

1. (also, plural) A popular classical music concert.
   • As to the tall, curly-haired man, I suppose it was the one who was with me at the last Pop.1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Westminster [London]: Archibald Constable and Company, […], →OCLC

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Pop

Pop

1. (US, colloquial) Traditional nickname for a stage doorman.
   • “All the other stars would leave the theatre wearing fur coats, fancy hats, and imported French shoes,” said Pop Stern, a longtime stage-doorman.1982, Jhan Robbins, Front Page Marriage, page 186
   • […] George Melford (Pop, stage doorman) […]1999, Amy Dunkleberger, Patricia King Hanson, AFI Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, page 216

Noun (9) capitalized: PoP

PoP (countable and uncountable, plural PoPs)

1. (abbreviation, initialism, computer security) Initialism of proof of personhood.
2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of package on a package.
3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of point of presence.