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popty ping

popty ping noun: a microwave oven.

Noun

popty ping (plural popty pings)

  1. (UK, humorous) A microwave oven.
    • First, could it be warmed up in a popty ping — a microwave oven — or consumed straight from the container?2014, F. John Hurr, Light of the Damned
    • In Wales it is known as popty-ping! / In our house it is chicken ding! / Whatever you want to call it now / It's a very clever thing somehow2014, Pete Barry, You're Having a Larf!

Forms of popty ping

pluralpopty pings

Origin of popty ping

From Welsh popty (“oven”) and English ping (“high-pitched sound”).

Questions about popty ping

What does popty ping mean?
Popty ping means a microwave oven.
What part of speech is popty ping?
Popty ping is a noun.
What is the plural of popty ping?
The plural of popty ping is popty pings.

Words near popty ping in the dictionary

  1. poptastic
  2. poptimism
  3. poptimist
  4. poptimistic
  5. poptimists
  6. popty ping
  7. popty pings
  8. POPU
  9. popufur
  10. popufurs
  11. populace

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