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pop
Noun
  • A loud, sharp sound as of a cork coming out of a bottle. countable
  • An effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; soda pop. uncountable, regional, Midwestern US, Canada
  • A bottle, can, or serving of effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; soda pop. countable, regional, Midwestern US, Canada
  • Shortened from pop shot: a quick, possibly unaimed, shot with a firearm. Possibly confusion, by assonance, with pot as in pot shot.
  • A portion, a quantity dispensed. colloquial
  • The removal of a data item from the top of a stack. computing
  • A bird, the European redwing.
  • 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. physics
Verb
  • To burst (something): to cause to burst. ergative
  • To act suddenly, unexpectedly or quickly.
  • To hit (something or someone).
  • To shoot (usually somebody) with a firearm. slang
  • To ejaculate. vulgar
  • To remove (a data item) from the top of a stack. computing
  • To place (something) (somewhere). Britain
  • To pawn something (to raise money). transitive, slang
  • To swallow (a tablet of a drug). transitive, slang
  • To perform (a move or stunt) while riding a board or vehicle. transitive, informal
  • To undergo equalization of pressure when the Eustachian tubes open. intransitive, of the ears
  • To make a pop, or sharp, quick sound.
  • To enter, or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement; to move from place to place suddenly; to dart; with in, out, upon, etc. intransitive
  • To burst open with a pop, when heated over a fire.
  • To stand out, to be visually distinctive.
Interjection
  • A loud, sharp sound as of a cork coming out of a bottle.
Noun
  • Affectionate form of father. colloquial
Adjective
  • Popular. used attributively in set phrases
Noun
  • Pop music.
Noun
  • A Russian Orthodox priest; a parson. Russian Orthodoxy, uncommon
Pop
Noun
  • A social club and debating society at Eton College.
  • The body of college prefects.
Noun
  • A popular classical music concert. also in plural
POP
Acronym
  • Acronym of point of presence. telecommunications
  • Acronym of Point of Purchase. trade
Noun
  • Acronym of probability of precipitation. weather
Proper noun
  • Acronym of Post Office Protocol. Internet