1. (noun)dad, dada, daddy, pa, papa, pappa, pop an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
2. (noun)pop, soda, soda pop, soda water, tonic a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring "in New England they call sodas tonics"
3. (noun)pop, popping a sharpexplosivesound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork
4. (adj)pop music, pop music of general appeal to teenagers; a bland watered-down version of rock'n'roll with more rhythm and harmony and an emphasis on romantic love
5. (verb)popular, pop (of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people)
6. (verb)start, protrude, pop, pop out, bulge, bulge out, bug out, come out bulge outward "His eyes popped"
7. (verb)pop hit a pop-fly "He popped out to shortstop"
8. (verb)pop make a sharp explosive noise "The cork of the champagne bottle popped"
9. (verb)pop fire a weapon with a loud explosive noise "The soldiers were popping"
10. (verb)pop cause to make a sharp explosive sound "He popped the champagne bottle"
11. (verb)crop up, pop up, pop appear suddenly or unexpectedly "The farm popped into view as we turned the corner"; "He suddenly popped up out of nowhere"
12. (verb)pop put or thrust suddenly and forcefully "pop the pizza into the microwave oven"; "He popped the petit-four into his mouth"
13. (verb)pop release suddenly "pop the clutch"
14. (verb)pop hit or strike "He popped me on the head"
15. (verb)toss off, pop, bolt down, belt down, pour down, down, drink down, kill drink down entirely "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work"
16. (verb)pop take drugs, especially orally "The man charged with murder popped a valium to calm his nerves"
17. (verb)pop cause to burst with a loud, explosive sound "The child popped the balloon"
18. (adverb)pop burst open with a sharp, explosive sound "The balloon popped"; "This popcorn pops quickly in the microwave oven"
19. (adverb)pop like a pop or with a pop "everything went pop"
5. (verb)POP to make a pop, or sharp, quick sound; as, the muskets popped away on all sides
6. (verb)POP to enter, or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement; to move from place to place suddenly; to dart; -- with in, out, upon, off, etc
7. (verb)POP to burst open with a pop, when heated over a fire; as, this corn pops well
8. (verb)POP to thrust or push suddenly; to offer suddenly; to bring suddenly and unexpectedly to notice; as, to pop one's head in at the door
9. (verb)POP to cause to pop; to cause to burst open by heat, as grains of Indian corn; as, to pop corn or chestnuts
Definitions of 'POP'
The New Hacker's Dictionary
1. POP [from the operation that removes the top of a stack, and the fact
that procedure return addresses are usually saved on the stack] (also
capitalized ‘POP’)
1. vt. To remove something from
a stack. If a person says he/she has popped
something from his stack, that means he/she has finally finished working on
it and can now remove it from the list of things hanging overhead.
2. When a discussion gets to a level of detail so deep that the main
point of the discussion is being lost, someone will shout
“Pop!”, meaning “Get back up to a higher level!”
The shout is frequently accompanied by an upthrust arm with a finger
pointing to the ceiling.
3. [all-caps, as ‘POP’] Point of Presence, a bank of
dial-in lines allowing customers to make (local) calls into an ISP. This
is borderline techspeak.