Meaning

4 senses

  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.

    Pop-up

  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.

    a short high fly ball

  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.

    a store that is open for a limited period of time on temporary premises

Translations

5 languages
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By meaning 1
advertisement that pops up when one accesses an Internet page:

Origin

Deverbal from pop up.

Deverbal from pop up.

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Forms

plural: pop-ups
Singularpop-up
Pluralpop-ups

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms
modalB1overlayC2bannercalloutflyoutflyoverpopover
Close in meaning
  • a book (usually for children) that contains one or more pages such that a three-dimensional structure rises up when a page is opened:pop-up book
  • a short high fly ball:pop flypop-fly

Word family

4 related words
Relatedground ballfly ballline drive
Derivedpop-up advertisement

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
popA1popcornB1pope

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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