pops off

Verb

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

1. (informal, intransitive) To leave and return in a short time.
   • I'm just popping off to the shops to pick up some bread.
2. (informal, intransitive) To die suddenly.
3. (informal, transitive) To kill someone.
   • When Captain Sleet in person stood his mast-head in this crow’s-nest of his, he tells us that he always had a rifle with him (also fixed in the rack), together with a powder flask and shot, for the purpose of popping off the stray narwhales, or vagrant sea unicorns infesting those waters; […]1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 35, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 173

   Synonyms:

   annihilate, bag, baptize, bereave of life, blight, bring down, bump off, bury, cack, compromised to a permanent end

4. (transitive) To fire or launch (a shot, projectile, or missile), especially singly or in small bursts.
   • The Long Lances, however, were thick in the water, and soon Portland was hit in the stern, sending her turning donuts across the ocean trying to work out which way to point her guns, popping off occasional shots at Hiei, which, by now, was heavily ablaze and a very obvious target in the night.2021 March 10, Drachinifel, 20:44 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - The Big Night Battle: Night 1 (IJN 3(?) : 2 USN), archived from the original on 17 Oct 2022
5. (derogatory, informal, intransitive, usually) To speak frankly.
   • popping off at the mouth
6. (informal, intransitive) To release flatulence, generally in short rapid succession.

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