English Dictionary: POP | by the DICT Development Group |
11 results for POP | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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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. {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 [{Jargon File}] (1996-02-18) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
pop 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}] |