pop
pop
pɑp
paap
/pɒp/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "pop"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĢāĻžāϟāĻž, āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make a sudden light sound like a small explosion
Intransitive
to pop definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We all laughed when we heard the bubble wrap pop unexpectedly.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϏāĻŦāĻžāχ āĻšā§‡āϏ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ āϝāĻ–āύ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāϞ āĻ°â€ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ⧇āϰ āĻĢāĻžāϟāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻļ⧁āύ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
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āĻĢāĻžāϟāĻž, āĻŽāϚāĻŽāĻšā§‡ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ­āĻžāϜāĻž

to cook food in hot oil or fat until it bursts open or becomes crispy, such as popcorn
Transitive: to pop food
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The chef popped the shrimp in the deep fryer until they were golden brown and crispy.
āĻļ⧇āĻĢ āϚāĻŋāĻ‚āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϗ⧁āϞ⧋āϕ⧇ āĻĄāĻŋāĻĒ āĻĢā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϜāϞ⧇āύ āϝāϤāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āύāĻž āϏ⧇āϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āϏ⧋āύāĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŽāϚāĻŽāĻšā§‡ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
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āωāĻšā§āϚ āĻŦāϞ āĻŽāĻžāϰ⧋, āωāĻšā§āϚ āĻŦāϞ āϛ⧁āρāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāĻ“

to hit a high, arching baseball that is caught easily by a fielder
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After a strong pitch, she swung hard and popped into the air.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻĒāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇, āϏ⧇ āĻœā§‹āϰ⧇ āϏ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻ•āϰāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ⧇ āϛ⧁āρāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĢ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦ⧇āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϏāĻž

(of eyes) to open wide and appear to bulge
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He could n’t believe the news, and his eyes popped in disbelief.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ–āĻŦāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύāύāĻŋ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‹āĻ– āĻĢ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
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āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāϗ⧁āύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to discharge a firearm, typically resulting in a quick, sharp sound
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The soldier was trained to pop accurately under pressure during drills.
āϏ⧈āύāĻŋāĻ•āϕ⧇ āĻĄā§āϰāĻŋāϞ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϚāĻžāĻĒ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĢāĻžāϟāĻž, āϖ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž

to open suddenly or with a sharp sound
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She was excited to hear the can of soda pop when she opened it.
āϏ⧋āĻĄāĻžāϰ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāύ āϖ⧁āϞāϤ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϏ⧇ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻĢ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻļ⧁āύāϤ⧇ āĻĒ⧇āϞ, āϤāĻ–āύ āϏ⧇ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāĻ āϞāĨ¤
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āĻĢāĻžāϟāĻžāύ⧋, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĢā§‹āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make something burst or explode, producing a sharp, quick sound
Transitive: to pop sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He loves to pop bubble wrap for the satisfying sound it makes.
āϏāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧋āώāϜāύāĻ• āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāϞ āĻ°â€ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĢāĻžāϟāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āĻŦāĻžāϏ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϗ⧇āϞāĻž

to take a drug in a casual or informal manner
Transitive: to pop a pill
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She popped a pill to help with her anxiety during the flight.
āωāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāϰ āωāĻĻā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ— āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāϤ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āϖ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ–ā§‹āϞāĻž, āϖ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž

to open and consume the contents of a bottle or can of drink
Transitive: to pop a bottle of drink
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They popped some bottles to celebrate the team ’s victory.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āϜāϝāĻŧ āωāĻĻāϝāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻŦā§‹āϤāϞ āϖ⧁āϞ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž, āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻĸā§‹āĻ•āĻžāύ⧋

to move or adjust something quickly and briefly
Transitive: to pop sth somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He popped the toy back into the box after playing with it.
āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϏ⧇ āϖ⧇āϞāύāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻšāĻžāϞāĻ•āĻž āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻšāĻœā§‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to strike something or someone with a quick, light force
Transitive: to pop sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The child tried to pop the pinata, eager for the candy inside.
āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻŋāύāĻžāϟāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻ­āĻŋāϤāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āωāĻĻāĻ—ā§āϰ⧀āĻŦāĨ¤
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āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āϖ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž, āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻ–ā§‹āϞāĻž

to quickly open or activate something, often resulting in a sudden movement or sound
Transitive: to pop sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The mechanic popped the hood of the car to check the engine.
āĻŽā§‡āĻ•āĻžāύāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āĻšā§āĻĄ āϖ⧁āϞ⧇ āχāĻžā§āϜāĻŋāύ āĻšā§‡āĻ• āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
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āĻšāĻžāϜāĻŋāϰ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āωāϠ⧇ āφāϏāĻž

to appear or emerge quickly and unexpectedly
Intransitive: to pop somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He popped in unexpectedly, surprising his friends with a visit.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒāĻĒ āφāĻĒ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻŦāĻžāĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
01

an informal term for one's father

pop definition and meaning
Informal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
My pop taught me how to ride a bike.
02

(Midwestern US) a carbonated soft drink

pop definition and meaning
Slang
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She asked for a root beer pop with her lunch.
03

a sudden, sharp, explosive noise, such as from a gunshot or cork

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A loud pop startled the dog during the fireworks.
01

with a quick, abrupt motion

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The balloon burst pop against the wall.
01

āĻĒāĻĒ, āϜāύāĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ

related to popular culture, with many appealing elements such as music, fashion, art, etc.
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The artist's paintings incorporate pop art techniques, using bold colors and iconic imagery.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§€āϰ āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒāĻĒ āφāĻ°ā§āϟ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āϏāĻžāĻšāϏ⧀ āϰāĻ™ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒā§āϰāϤ⧀āϕ⧀ āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

popper
popping
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