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pop

Pronunciation: /pɒp/

The English word “pop” has 20 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle, especially when the contents are pressurized by fizziness.
  2. An effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; soda pop.
  3. A bottle, can, or serving of effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; a soda pop.
  4. A pop shot: a quick, possibly unaimed, shot with a firearm.
  5. A quantity dispensed; a portion.
  6. Something that stands out or is distinctive to the mind or senses.
  7. The removal of a data item from the top of a stack.
  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. A pistol.
  11. A small, immature peanut, boiled as a snack.
  12. A lollipop.
  13. 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

  1. To make a pop, or sharp, quick sound.
  2. To burst (something) with a popping sound.
  3. 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.
  4. To enter, or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement; to move from place to place suddenly; to dart.
  5. To place (something) (somewhere); to move or position (something) with a short movement.
  6. To make a short trip or visit.

Etymology

From Middle English pop, poppe (“a blow; strike; buffet”) (> Middle English poppen (“to strike; thrust”, verb)), of onomatopoeic origin – used to describe the sound, or short, sharp actions. The physics sense is part of a facetious sequence "snap, crackle, pop", after the mascots of Rice Krispies cereal.

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