pop
A loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle, especially when the contents…A loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle, especially when the contents are pressurized by fizziness.
» I like pop music.
Ich mag Popmusik. — al_ex_an_der
Я люблю поп-музыку. — marafon
Я люблю попсу. — marafon
Я люблю поп-музику. — deniko
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18 senses(countable)A loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle, especially when the contents are pressurized by fizziness.
Listen to the pop of a champagne cork.
Plopp
хлопо́кxlopók
a sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork
(Canada, Inland Northern American, Midlands, Midwestern US, Northern England, Northwestern, Pennsylvania, US, Western, regional, uncountable)An effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; soda pop.
Lunch was sandwiches and a bottle of pop.
Sprudelwasser, Sprudel
газиро́вкаgaziróvka, лимона́дlimonád
(Canada, Inland Northern American, Midwestern US, Northwestern, Pennsylvania, US, Western, countable, regional)A bottle, can, or serving of effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; a soda pop.
Go in the store and buy us three pops.
(countable, uncountable)A pop shot: a quick, possibly unaimed, shot with a firearm.
The man with the gun took a pop at the rabbit.
(colloquial, countable, uncountable)A quantity dispensed; a portion.
They cost 50 pence a pop.
(countable, uncountable)Something that stands out or is distinctive to the mind or senses.
a white dress with a pop of red
a pop of vanilla flavour
(countable, uncountable)The removal of a data item from the top of a stack.
(countable, uncountable)A bird, the European redwing.
(countable, uncountable)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.
(countable, dated, slang, uncountable)A pistol.
(US, countable, plural, uncountable)A small, immature peanut, boiled as a snack.
(colloquial, countable, uncountable)A lollipop.
Examples
359 sentencesI like pop music.
Я люблю поп-музику. — deniko
ruЯ люблю поп-музыку. — marafon
deIch mag Popmusik. — al_ex_an_der
This popcorn tastes stale. I wonder when it was popped.
Цей попкорн на смак несвіжий. Цікаво, коли його приготували. — Ahha
ruУ этого попкорна несвежий вкус. Странно, когда он был приготовлен. — corvard
My favorite music is pop music.
ruБольше всего мне нравится поп-музыка. — Hellerick
deMeine Lieblingsmusik ist Popmusik. — MUIRIEL
Tom is a famous pop star.
ruТом — знаменитая поп-звезда. — ktoy21lang
When did Tom pop the question?
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 4
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English pop, poppe (“a blow; strike; buffet”) (> Middle English poppen (“to stFrom 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.
From papa or poppa.
Clipping of popular.
Clipping of population.
From colloquial Russian поп (pop) and Попъ (Pop), from Old Church Slavonic попъ (popŭ), from Byzantine Greek πάπας (pápas) (see pope). Doublet of pope.
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Forms
plural: popsSynonyms
13 synonyms- a sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork:popping
- a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring:sodasoda popsoda watertonic
- music of general appeal to teenagers; a bland watered-down version of rock'n'roll with more rhythm and harmony and an emphasis on romantic love:pop music
- an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk:daddadadaddypapapapappa
Word family
83 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary 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.