pop

noun19

1. •
   music in the form of short songs, made to please as many people as possible
2. •
   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.
3. •
   (US, Canada) An effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; soda pop.

   • Lunch was sandwiches and a bottle of pop.
4. •
   (informal) One's father or sometimes one's grandfather.

   • My pop used to tell me to do my homework every night.
5. •
   (informal) A quantity dispensed; a portion.

   • They cost 50 pence a pop.
6. •
   Something that stands out or is distinctive to the mind or senses.

   • a white dress with a pop of red
7. •
   (US, Canada) 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.
8. •
   Population.

   • GUNNISON 35.5m. (153 alt., 484 pop.), is larger than the usual plantation town, having several stores instead of one. — 2010
9. •
   A pop shot: a quick, possibly unaimed, shot with a firearm.

   • The man with the gun took a pop at the rabbit.
10. •
    (slang) A (usually very) loud audience reaction.
11. •
    (informal) A lollipop.
12. •
    The removal of a data item from the top of a stack.

    • Pushes and pops change the stack; indexing just accesses it. — 2011
13. •
    (informal) Ellipsis of freeze pop.
14. •
    The pulling of a string away from the fretboard and releasing it so that it snaps back.
15. •
    (US) A small, immature peanut, boiled as a snack.

    • Immature peanuts, called "pops," are often included when the peanuts are boiled at home […] — 1986
16. •
    (slang, old-fashioned) A pistol.
17. •
    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.
18. •
    A bird, the European redwing.
19. •
    A Russian Orthodox parish priest.

    • There was at that time in the house of the Consul a Pop (or Russian Priest) named Iwan Afanassich. — 1822

verb21

1. •
   To make a pop, or sharp, quick sound.

   • 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.

   • A rabbit popped out of the hole.
3. •
   To make a short trip or visit.

   • I'm just popping round to the newsagent.
   • I'll pop by your place later today.
4. •
   (UK, Australia) To place (something) (somewhere); to move or position (something) with a short movement.

   • Just pop it in the fridge for now.
   • He popped his head around the door.
5. •
   To burst (something) with a popping sound.

   • The boy with the pin popped the balloon.
   • This corn pops well.
6. •
   To stand out; to be distinctive to the senses.

   • This colour really pops.
7. •
   To undergo equalization of pressure when the Eustachian tubes open.

   • My ears popped as the aeroplane began to ascend.
8. •
   (slang) To swallow or consume (especially a tablet of a drug, sometimes extended to other small items such as sweets or candy).

   • We were drinking beer and popping pills — some really strong downers. I could hardly walk and I had no idea what I was saying. — 1994
9. •
   To broach or open (something) in a way that is instantaneous or sudden and that often (literally or notionally) involves a popping sound; to remove (the closure, the lid or top) from something so as to open it in this manner.

   • Hey, you've got a bottle opener on your keychain, right? Would you pop this open for me please?
   • You have to yank pretty hard on the handle to get this hood to pop.
10. •
    To hit (something or someone).

    • He popped me on the nose.
11. •
    (slang) To shoot (usually somebody) with a firearm.
12. •
    (slang) To occur or happen.

    • What's popping?
13. •
    (slang) To give birth.

    • Well, dear. You're ready to pop, aren't you? Little one's on its way. — 2011
14. •
    (slang) To arrest.

    • He's on probation. We can pop him right now for gang association.
15. •
    To remove (a data item) from the top of a stack.

    • Once the callee (the called function) terminates, it cleans the stack that it has been locally using and pops the next value stored on top of the stack. — 2010
16. •
    (informal) To perform (a move or stunt) while riding a board or vehicle.

    • Pop a U-turn. You missed the turnoff.
17. •
    (slang) To pawn (something) (to raise money).

    • I had to pop my watch to see me through until pay-day.
18. •
    To perform the popping style of dance.

    • Let the poppers pop and the breakers break / We're cool, cool cats, it's like that — 1985
19. •
    (slang, vulgar) To ejaculate; to orgasm.

    • Ah concur wi Sharon’s wishes n fuck her in the fanny. […] Ah think aboot how close she is tae poppin and how far up ah am, […] — 1994
20. •
    To pull a string away from the fretboard and release it so that it snaps back.
21. •
    (slang) To sexually penetrate.

    • A lot of Black men are deluding themselves into thinking they're not homosexual or bisexual, even though they are having sex with other men. They're not 'gay,' but sure, they've 'popped some sissies.' — 1988

adjective[before a noun]1

1. •
   Popular.

exclamation1

1. •
   A loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle.

   • Pop, would go one of the eight-inch guns; a small flame would dart and vanish, a little white smoke would disappear, a tiny projectile would give a feeble screech - and nothing happened. — 1899

noun1

1. •
   Abbreviation of population.

adjective1

1. •
   Acronym of post office preferred, denoting a standard envelope size.

noun9

1. •
   Acronym of persistent organic pollutant.
2. •
   Acronym of point of presence.
3. •
   Initialism of point of presence.
4. •
   Acronym of progestogen-only pill or progestin-only pill.
5. •
   Acronym of Point of Purchase.
6. •
   Acronym of probability of precipitation.
7. •
   Acronym of picture outside of picture.
8. •
   Initialism of package on a package.
9. •
   Initialism of proof of personhood.

noun3

1. •
   A popular classical music concert.

   • As to the tall, curly-haired man, I suppose it was the one who was with me at the last Pop. — 1897
2. •
   A social club and debating society at Eton College.
3. •
   The body of college prefects.