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ultrapop

ultrapop noun: a particularly pure or intense form of pop music.

Noun

ultrapop (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) A particularly pure or intense form of pop music.
    • On his third full-length record, Every Dog Has Its Day, prodigy producer and ultrapop songster Mitch Easter continues his search for the perfect hook.1988 November 4, Bill Wyman, “Let's Active”, in Chicago Reader
    • What Progressive radio sought to do was provide listeners a true alternative to the frenzied, ultrapop sound of hit radio. Music play lists were not drawn from the charts.1989, Michael C. Keith, Broadcast Voice Performance, page 40

Origin of ultrapop

From ultra- + pop.

Questions about ultrapop

What does ultrapop mean?
Ultrapop means a particularly pure or intense form of pop music.
What part of speech is ultrapop?
Ultrapop is a noun.

Words near ultrapop in the dictionary

  1. ultrapolishes
  2. ultrapolishing
  3. ultrapolynomial
  4. ultrapolynomials
  5. ultrapoor
  6. ultrapop
  7. ultrapopular
  8. ultraportable
  9. ultraportables
  10. ultraposh
  11. ultrapotassic

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