pop : Idioms & Phrases

• adjective satellite amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning
  fulgurous; dazzling; fulgurant.
  
  • the skater's dazzling virtuosic leaps
  • these great best canvases still look as astonishing and as invitingly new as they did...when...his fulgurant popularity was in full growth"- Janet Flanner
  • adventures related...in a style both vivid and fulgurous"- Idwal Jones

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• noun ginger-flavored carbonated drink
  ginger ale.
  

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• . See Ginger beer (above).

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• noun a school of art that emerged in the United Kingdom in the 1950s and became prevalent in the United States and the United Kingdom in the 1960s; it imitated the techniques of commercial art (as the soup cans of Andy Warhol) and the styles of popular culture and the mass media
  

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• noun a bottle for holding soft drinks
  soda bottle.
  

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• . (a) Corn, or maize, of peculiar excellence for popping; especially, a kind the grains of which are small and compact . (b) Popped corn; which has been popped.

Webster 1913

• noun a short high fly ball
  pop-fly; pop fly.
  

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• noun a group that plays pop music
  

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• verb enter briefly
  
  • He popped in for two minutes

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• noun 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
  pop.
  

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• verb leave quickly
  
• verb pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
  decease; give-up the ghost; perish; die; buy the farm; snuff it; choke; drop dead; pass away; expire; exit; croak; pass; go; kick the bucket; conk; cash in one's chips.
  
  • She died from cancer
  • The children perished in the fire
  • The patient went peacefully
  • The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102

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• verb appear suddenly
  burst out.
  
  • Spring popped up everywhere in the valley
• verb bulge outward
  bulge; bug out; pop; come out; start; protrude; bulge out.
  
  • His eyes popped
• verb exit briefly
  
  • He popped out for a quick coffee break
• verb come out suddenly or forcefully
  
  • you stick a bill in the vending machine and the change pops out

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• noun a quiz given without prior warning
  

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• noun a small tent that is easy to carry and quick to set up
  

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• verb ask (someone) to marry you
  propose; declare oneself; offer.
  
  • he popped the question on Sunday night
  • she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months
  • The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman

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• verb appear suddenly or unexpectedly
  crop up; pop.
  
  • The farm popped into view as we turned the corner
  • He suddenly popped up out of nowhere

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• noun a short high fly ball
  pop-fly; pop fly.
  

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• noun a book (usually for children) that contains one or more pages such that a three-dimensional structure rises up when a page is opened
  pop-up.
  
• noun a short high fly ball
  pop-fly; pop fly.
  

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• noun a book (usually for children) that contains one or more pages such that a three-dimensional structure rises up when a page is opened
  pop-up.
  

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• noun tropical American passion flower with finely dissected bracts; stems malodorous when crushed
  Passiflora foetida; wild water lemon; love-in-a-mist.
  

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• verb inject (drugs) into the skin
  

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• noun a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring
  tonic; soda water; pop; soda.
  
  • in New England they call sodas tonics

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• to thrust away, or put off promptly; as, to pop one off with a denial. Locke.

Webster 1913

• to make an offer of marriage to a lady. Colloq. Dickens.

Webster 1913

• to pawn or pledge at a pawnbroker's; in allusion to the spout up which the pawnbroker sent the ticketed articles. Cant

Webster 1913