popped, popping

popped, popping
verb
1 GO SOMEWHERE QUICKLY (intransitive always + adv/prep) spoken to go somewhere quickly, suddenly, or unexpectedly
(+ in/out/round/to etc): Could you pop round to the store for some bread? | Pat's just popped next door for ten minutes.
2 COME OUT OF STH (intransitive always + adv/prep) to come suddenly or unexpectedly out of or away from something
(+ out/off/up etc): A button popped off my shirt when I sneezed. | out/up popped: The egg cracked open and out popped a tiny head.
3 PUT STH SOMEWHERE (transitive always + adv/prep) informal to put something somewhere quickly for a short time: pop sth in/round/over etc: I'll just pop these cakes into the oven. | Barry popped his head round the door to say hello.
4 SHORT SOUND (I, T) to make a short sound like a small explosion, or to make something make this sound: Champagne corks were popping. | pop sth: Please don't pop all the balloons before the party starts.
5 EARS (I) if your ears pop, you feel the pressure in them suddenly become less when you go quickly up or down in a plane, lift etc
6 sb's eyes popped (out of their head) used to say that someone looked extremely surprised or excited
7 pop the question informal to ask someone to marry you: Hasn't Bill popped the question yet?
8 pop pills informal to take pills too often
9 pop your clogs BrE humorous to die
10 CORN (I, T) to cook corn until it swells and bursts open, or to be cooked in this way
11 BORROWING MONEY (T) BrE old-fashioned to pawn 2 something
pop off phrasal verb (I) informal to die suddenly pop sth on phrasal verb (T) spoken
1 to quickly put on a piece of clothing: Just pop this jacket on and we'll see if it fits.
2 to quickly turn on a piece of electrical equipment: Pop the kettle on, would you.
pop up phrasal verb (I)
1 to appear suddenly and unexpectedly: Mushrooms tend to pop up overnight. | She popped up in Munich after all that time.
—see also: pop­up
2 to hit a ball into the air in a game of baseball so that it only travels a short distance: O'Malley popped up to first base.
2 noun
1 (U) modern music that is popular with young people, and usually consists of simple tunes with a strong beat: pop singer/concert/festival etc: a pop record | pop culture
2 (singular) AmE informal a word meaning your father, used especially to address him: Can I borrow the car, Pop?
3 (U) informal a sweet fizzy drink such as lemonade; soda (2) AmE: a bottle of pop
4 (C) a sudden short sound like a small explosion: the pop of a champagne cork | go pop (=make this sound): The balloon went pop.
3 the written abbreviation of population

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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