pop

pop1 [ pap ] verb INFORMAL **

▸ 1 make sudden noise

▸ 2 go/move quickly

▸ 3 heat corn

▸ 4 ears feel pressure

▸ 5 take pills too often

▸ 6 hit someone

▸ 7 when eyes open wide

▸ 8 shoot a gun

▸ + PHRASES

1. ) intransitive or transitive if something such as a BALLOON pops or you pop it, it bursts and makes a sudden loud noise

a ) if a CORK pops or you pop it, it makes a sudden noise like a small explosion when it comes out of a bottle:

He popped the cork and poured two glasses of wine.

Champagne corks were popping.

2. ) intransitive pop in/into/over/out/down to go somewhere quickly or for a short time:

I'm just popping down to the store to get some milk.

He kept popping in and out, asking all kinds of questions.

a ) transitive pop something in/into/on/over something to move something quickly to a particular position:

She picked a berry and popped it into her mouth.

3. ) intransitive or transitive if you pop corn or it pops, you heat dried grains of corn until they burst

4. ) intransitive if your ears pop you feel a sudden change of pressure in them. This often happens when you are going up or down very quickly, for example in an airplane.

5. ) transitive if you pop pills, you take them too often

6. ) transitive to hit someone:

She popped him right between the eyes.

7. ) intransitive if your eyes pop, they open very wide in surprise or excitement

8. ) intransitive or transitive to shoot a gun:

He popped off a couple of shots to scare away the bear.

pop the question INFORMAL

to ask someone to marry you

,pop `out phrasal verb intransitive INFORMAL

if words pop out, you say them suddenly without thinking about it first:

I didn't mean to say that it just popped out.

,pop `up phrasal verb intransitive

1. ) to appear very quickly or suddenly:

After a long absence, he popped up in Albuquerque in May.

The daffodils and tulips are popping up everywhere.

2. ) to hit a baseball so that it goes high in the air

pop

pop 2 [ pap ] noun **

▸ 1 sweet carbonated drink

▸ 2 pop music

▸ 3 sudden short sound

▸ 4 an attempt to hit

▸ 5 father

▸ + PHRASES

1. ) uncount INFORMAL a sweet drink containing many BUBBLES:

a can of pop

2. ) uncount POP MUSIC:

Her music combines funk and pop.

3. ) count a sudden short sound like a small explosion:

The balloon burst with a loud pop.

4. ) count INFORMAL if someone has or takes a pop at you, they try to hit you:

He took a pop at me but missed.

5. ) AMERICAN INFORMAL father:

Did you do your homework? Yes, Pop.

a pop AMERICAN INFORMAL

for each one:

a pill that sells for $10 a pop

pop

pop 3 [ pap ] adjective only before noun

1. ) created for or popular with a very large number of people, especially people with no special knowledge of something:

pop psychology

2. ) relating to POP MUSIC:

a pop singer/record/song