popping

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pop1

▶verb (pops, popping, popped)

• 1 make or cause to make a sudden sharp explosive sound.

• 2 (often pop in/out) go or come for a short time, often without notice.

  ■ (pop off) informal die.

• 3 put or place quickly in a particular position.

• 4 (of a person's eyes) open wide and appear to bulge, especially with surprise.

• 5 informal take or inject (a drug).

• 6 Brit. informal pawn.

▶noun

• 1 a sudden sharp explosive sound.

• 2 informal, dated or N. Amer. fizzy soft drink.

• 3 (also pop fly or pop-up) Baseball a ball hit high in the air but not far from the home plate.

– phrases
—— a pop N. Amer. informal costing a specified amount per item.
have (or take) a pop at informal attack.
pop one's clogs Brit. informal die.
pop the question informal propose marriage.

– origin ME (in the senses ‘a blow’ and ‘to strike’): imitative.

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pop2

▶noun (also pop music) commercial popular music, in particular accessible, tuneful music of a kind popular since the 1950s. ▶adjective

• 1 relating to pop music.

• 2 often derogatory (especially of a scientific or academic subject) made accessible to the general public.

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pop3

▶noun chiefly US informal term for father.

– origin C19: abbrev. of poppa.