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pop

The correct spelling is pop.

How to pronounce pop

/pɒp/
noun

IPA: /pɒp/

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The correct spelling is pop. A loud, sharp sound as of a cork coming out of a bottle. For example: "Listen to the pop of a champagne cork."

Usage Examples

Listen to the pop of a champagne cork.

Lunch was sandwiches and a bottle of pop.

Go in the store and buy us three pops.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A loud, sharp sound as of a cork coming out of a bottle.
  2. 2.(Midwest US) An effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; soda pop.
  3. 3.(Midwest US) A bottle, can, or serving of effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; soda pop.
  4. 4.A pop shot: a quick, possibly unaimed, shot with a firearm.
  5. 5.(in the phrase "a pop") A quantity dispensed, a portion, apiece.

verb

  1. 1.To make a pop, or sharp, quick sound.
  2. 2.To burst (something) with a popping sound.
  3. 3.(with in, out, upon, etc.) To enter, or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement; to move from place to place suddenly; to dart.
  4. 4.To place (something) (somewhere); to move or position (something) with a short movement.
  5. 5.(often with over, round, along, etc.) To make a short trip or visit.

interjection

  1. 1.Used to represent a loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle.

adjective

  1. 1.(used attributively in set phrases) Popular.

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