Definitions for popping
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. pop, poppingnoun

   a sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork

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1. poppingnoun

   A funk dance.

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1. Popping

   Popping is a street dance adapted out of the earlier Boogaloo (funk dance) cultural movement in Oakland, California. As Boogaloo spread, it would be referred to as Robottin in Richmond, California, Strutting movements in San Francisco and San Jose, and the Strikin dances of the Oak Park community of Sacramento which were popular through the mid-1960s to the 1970s. Popping would be eventually adapted from earlier Boogaloo (freestyle dance) movements in Fresno, California, in the late 1970s by way of California high-school gatherings of track & meet events - the West Coast Relays. The dance is rooted through the rhythms of live funk music, and is based on the technique of Boogaloo's posing approach, quickly contracting and relaxing muscles to cause a jerk or can be a sudden stop in the dancer's body, referred to as a pose, pop or a hit. This is done continuously to the rhythm of a song in combination with various movements and poses. It was popularized by a Fresno & Long Beach-based dance group called the Electric Boogaloos that mixed popping techniques to boogaloo. Closely related illusory dance styles and techniques are often integrated into popping to create a more varied performance. These dance styles include the robot, waving and tutting. However, popping is distinct from breaking and locking, with which it is often confused. A popping dancer is commonly referred to as a popper. Because of popping's cultural Boogaloo roots, popping developed before Hiphop's cultural movement and helped influence the tradition of styles of hip hop dancing. It is often performed in battles, where participants try to outperform each other in front of a crowd, giving room for improvisation and freestyle moves that are seldom seen in shows and performances, such as interaction with other dancers and spectators. Popping and related styles such as waving and tutting have also been incorporated into the electronica dance scene to some extent, influencing new styles such as liquid and digits and turfing.

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1. popping

   Popping refers to a street dance and one of the original funk styles originating in California during the 1960s-70s. It is characterized by quick, explosive movements and poses, often involving isolating body parts such as the arms, legs, or chest. In other contexts, popping might also refer to a sudden loud noise or the act of bursting or opening something. Its specific meaning can vary depending on the context it is used in.

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1. Popping

   of Pop

2. Popping

   a. & n. from Pop

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1. Popping

   Popping is a street dance and one of the original funk styles that came from California, in the African American community during the 1960s-1970s. It is based on the technique of quickly contracting and relaxing muscles to cause a jerk in the dancer's body, referred to as a pop or a hit. This is done continuously to the rhythm of a song in combination with various movements and poses. Popping is also used as an umbrella term to refer to a group of closely related illusionary dance styles and techniques that are often integrated with popping to create a more varied performance, such as the robot, waving and tutting. However, it is distinct from breaking and locking, with which popping is often confused. A popping dancer is commonly referred to as a popper. As one of the earliest funk and street dance style, popping is closely related to hip hop dancing. It is often performed in battles, where participants try to outperform each other in front of a crowd, giving room for improvisation and freestyle moves that are seldom seen in shows and performances, such as interaction with other dancers and spectators. Popping and related styles such as waving and tutting have also been incorporated into the electronica dance scene to some extent, influencing new styles such as liquid and digits and turfing.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of popping in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of popping in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of popping in a Sentence

1. Lynda Vanartsdalen:

   There was all this popping and smoke, i can still smell the gunpowder to this day.

2. Jimmy Wopo:

   The first time I got shot I was more angry to get back at what happened to me, the second time I had much more s — on the line. I had a daughter, I had the song' Walking Bomb.' That s — was kind of popping -- it was my first joint that really kinda started blowing out the water.

3. John Delury:

   I don't think they're popping the champagne bottles because there's a whole set of difficulties that come with North Korea being engaged. In some ways it's a bigger stress on their system. They're very good at dealing with hostility and they know how to be isolated. It's harder for their system to have dialogue and cooperation.

4. Bob Baffert:

   There are a lot of good horses in here, unless we see something different on Derby Day, this is a nice evenly matched group of horses. I don't see someone really popping off the screen.

5. Victor Cha:

   Unfortunately, it's a big win for North Korea. They were able to get Sony to shut down the picture. They got the U.S. government to admit that North Korea was the source of this and there's no action plan really, at least publicly no action plan, in response to it, i think from their perspective, in Pyongyang, they're probably popping the champagne corks.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=popping
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Popping
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popping
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/popping
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=popping