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popup

popup is the alternative form of pop-up.

Meaning of pop-up

Noun

pop-up (plural pop-ups)

  1. (Internet) A pop-up advertisement; an advertisement that is triggered to appear on a computer screen when the user accesses a particular web page.
  2. A pop-up ball: a ball that has been hit to a considerable height above the infield or the shallow outfield; a pop fly.
  3. A folded paper element which pops up from a book, greeting card, etc.
  4. A business that opens for a brief temporary period only, such as a temporary restaurant.
    • Pop-ups often charge restaurant prices, but without advance menus, quality control, health-inspected facilities or professional service. Bring cash and arrive early: most pop-ups don't accept credit cards, and popular dishes run out fast.2012, Sam Benson, Alison Bing, Coastal California, Lonely Planet

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Forms of popup

pluralpopups

Phrases with popup

Questions about popup

What is popup the alternative form of?
Popup is the alternative form of pop-up.

Words near popup in the dictionary

  1. populously
  2. populousness
  3. Populuxe
  4. popunder
  5. popunders
  6. popup
  7. popup blocker
  8. popup blockers
  9. popup menu
  10. popup menus
  11. popups

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Adapted from Wiktionary: popup (page history and authors); pop-up (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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