pop

IPA: pˈɑp

noun

(countable) A loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle.
(uncountable, regional, Midwestern US, Canada, Inland North, Midlands, Northwestern US, Northern England) An effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; soda pop.
(countable, regional, Midwestern US, Inland North, Northwestern US, Canada) A bottle, can, or serving of effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; a soda pop.
A pop shot: a quick, possibly unaimed, shot with a firearm.
(colloquial, in the phrase "a pop") A quantity dispensed; a portion; apiece.
Something that stands out or is distinctive to the mind or senses.
(computing) The removal of a data item from the top of a stack.
A bird, the European redwing.
(physics) 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.
(slang, dated) A pistol.
(US, mostly in plural) A small, immature peanut, boiled as a snack.
(colloquial) A lollipop.
(professional wrestling slang) A (usually very) loud audience reaction.
(colloquial, endearing) One's father.
Pop music.
Population.
(Russian Orthodoxy, uncommon) A Russian Orthodox priest; a parson.
A social club and debating society at Eton College.
The body of college prefects.
(also in plural) A popular classical music concert.
(colloquial, US, theater) Traditional nickname for a stage doorman.
(telecommunications) Acronym of point of presence.
(trade) Acronym of Point of Purchase.
(weather) Acronym of probability of precipitation.
(television) Acronym of picture outside of picture.
(environmental science) Acronym of persistent organic pollutant. [Organic compounds, predominantly synthetic, that are resistant to environmental degradation through chemical, biological, and photolytic processes, and that are often associated with health risks.]
(Internet) Acronym of Post Office Protocol.
(historical) Initialism of Pacific Ocean Park.
(colloquial) Clipping of freeze pop. [A frozen snack consisting of flavored ice or juice in a tube.]
(computer security) Initialism of proof of personhood.
(electronics) Initialism of package on a package.

verb

(intransitive) To make a pop, or sharp, quick sound.
(ergative) To burst (something) with a popping sound.
(intransitive, with in, out, upon, etc.) To enter, or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement; to move from place to place suddenly; to dart.
(transitive, UK, Australia) To place (something) (somewhere); to move or position (something) with a short movement.
(intransitive, UK, Canada, Australia, often with over, round, along, etc.) To make a short trip or visit.
(intransitive) To stand out; to be distinctive to the senses.
(transitive) To hit (something or someone).
(transitive, slang) To shoot (usually somebody) with a firearm.
(intransitive, vulgar, slang) To ejaculate; to orgasm.
(transitive, computing) To remove (a data item) from the top of a stack.
(intransitive, slang) To give birth.
(transitive, slang) To pawn (something) (to raise money).
(transitive, slang) To swallow or consume (especially a tablet of a drug, sometimes extended to other small items such as sweets or candy).
(transitive, informal) To perform (a move or stunt) while riding a board or vehicle.
(intransitive, of the ears) To undergo equalization of pressure when the Eustachian tubes open.
(dance) To perform the popping style of dance.
(transitive, slang) To arrest.

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