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English Dictionary: POP by the DICT Development Group
11 results for POP
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pop
adv
  1. like a pop or with a pop; "everything went pop"
adj
  1. (of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people)
    Synonym(s): popular, pop
n
  1. an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
    Synonym(s): dad, dada, daddy, pa, papa, pappa, pop
  2. a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring; "in New England they call sodas tonics"
    Synonym(s): pop, soda, soda pop, soda water, tonic
  3. a sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork
    Synonym(s): pop, popping
  4. 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
    Synonym(s): pop music, pop
v
  1. bulge outward; "His eyes popped" [syn: start, protrude, pop, pop out, bulge, bulge out, bug out, come out]
  2. hit a pop-fly; "He popped out to shortstop"
  3. make a sharp explosive noise; "The cork of the champagne bottle popped"
  4. fire a weapon with a loud explosive noise; "The soldiers were popping"
  5. cause to make a sharp explosive sound; "He popped the champagne bottle"
  6. appear suddenly or unexpectedly; "The farm popped into view as we turned the corner"; "He suddenly popped up out of nowhere"
    Synonym(s): crop up, pop up, pop
  7. put or thrust suddenly and forcefully; "pop the pizza into the microwave oven"; "He popped the petit-four into his mouth"
  8. release suddenly; "pop the clutch"
  9. hit or strike; "He popped me on the head"
  10. drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work"
    Synonym(s): toss off, pop, bolt down, belt down, pour down, down, drink down, kill
  11. take drugs, especially orally; "The man charged with murder popped a valium to calm his nerves"
  12. cause to burst with a loud, explosive sound; "The child popped the balloon"
  13. burst open with a sharp, explosive sound; "The balloon popped"; "This popcorn pops quickly in the microwave oven"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spout \Spout\, n. [Cf. Sw. spruta a squirt, a syringe. See
      {Spout}, v. t.]
      1. That through which anything spouts; a discharging lip,
            pipe, or orifice; a tube, pipe, or conductor of any kind
            through which a liquid is poured, or by which it is
            conveyed in a stream from one place to another; as, the
            spout of a teapot; a spout for conducting water from the
            roof of a building. --Addison. [bd]A conduit with three
            issuing spouts.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     In whales . . . an ejection thereof [water] is
                     contrived by a fistula, or spout, at the head. --Sir
                                                                              T. Browne.
  
                     From silver spouts the grateful liquors glide.
                                                                              --Pope.
  
      2. A trough for conducting grain, flour, etc., into a
            receptacle.
  
      3. A discharge or jet of water or other liquid, esp. when
            rising in a column; also, a waterspout.
  
      {To put}, {shove}, [or] {pop}, {up the spout}, to pawn or
            pledge at a pawnbroker's; -- in allusion to the spout up
            which the pawnbroker sent the ticketed articles. [Cant]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pop \Pop\, v. t.
      1. To thrust or push suddenly; to offer suddenly; to bring
            suddenly and unexpectedly to notice; as, to pop one's head
            in at the door.
  
                     He popped a paper into his hand.         --Milton.
  
      2. To cause to pop; to cause to burst open by heat, as grains
            of Indian corn; as, to pop corn or chestnuts.
  
      {To pop off}, to thrust away, or put off promptly; as, to pop
            one off with a denial. --Locke.
  
      {To pop the question}, to make an offer of marriage to a
            lady. [Colloq.] --Dickens.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pop \Pop\, n. [Of imitative origin. Cf. {Poop}.]
      1. A small, sharp, quick explosive sound or report; as, to go
            off with a pop. --Addison.
  
      2. An unintoxicating beverage which expels the cork with a
            pop from the bottle containing it; as, ginger pop; lemon
            pop, etc. --Hood.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) The European redwing. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Pop corn}.
            (a) Corn, or maize, of peculiar excellence for popping;
                  especially, a kind the grains of which are small and
                  compact.
            (b) Popped corn; which has been popped.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pop \Pop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Popped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Popping}.]
      1. To make a pop, or sharp, quick sound; as, the muskets
            popped away on all sides.
  
      2. To enter, or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement;
            to move from place to place suddenly; to dart; -- with in,
            out, upon, off, etc.
  
                     He that killed my king . . . Popp'd in between the
                     election and my hopes.                        --Shak.
  
                     A trick of popping up and down every moment.
                                                                              --Swift.
  
      3. To burst open with a pop, when heated over a fire; as,
            this corn pops well.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pop \Pop\, adv.
      Like a pop; suddenly; unexpectedly. [bd]Pop goes his
      plate.[b8] --Beau. & Fl.

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   pop /pop/   [from the operation that removes the top of a stack,
   and the fact that procedure return addresses are usually saved on
   the stack] (also capitalized `POP') 1. vt. To remove something from
   a {stack} or {PDL}.   If a person says he/she has popped something
   from his stack, that means he/she has finally finished working on it
   and can now remove it from the list of things hanging overhead.   2.
   When a discussion gets to a level of detail so deep that the main
   point of the discussion is being lost, someone will shout "Pop!",
   meaning "Get back up to a higher level!"   The shout is frequently
   accompanied by an upthrust arm with a finger pointing to the
   ceiling. 3. [all-caps, as `POP'] Point of Presence, a bank of
   dial-in lines allowing customers to make (local) calls into an ISP.
   This is borderline techspeak.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   POP
  
      1. A family of programming languages, {POP-1},
      {POP-2}, {POP-10}, {Pop-11}, {POP++}, {POP-9X}, {POPLOG}.
  
      2. {Post Office Protocol}.
  
      See also {pop}, {PoP}.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (1996-02-18)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   PoP
  
      {Point Of Presence}.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (1996-02-18)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   pop
  
      To remove something from the top of a {stack}.
  
      Opposite of {push}.
  
      Not to be confuse with {POP} or {PoP}.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (1996-02-18)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   POP++
  
      An object-oriented extension of {POPLOG}.   Available from
      Integral Solutions.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
  
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