popping : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: popping	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for popping
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
popping n a sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork Synonym(s): pop, popping
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]:
Popping \Pop"ping\, a. & n. from {Pop}. {Popping crease}. (Cricket) See under {Crease}.