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verb
  1. drink down entirely
    "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work"
    toss off  pop  bolt down  belt down  pour down  down  drink down  kill 
  2. bulge outward
    "His eyes popped"
    start  protrude  pop  pop out  bulge  bulge out  bug out  come out 
  3. appear suddenly or unexpectedly
    "The farm popped into view as we turned the corner"; "He suddenly popped up out of nowhere"
    crop up  pop up  pop 
  4. burst open with a sharp, explosive sound
    "The balloon popped"; "This popcorn pops quickly in the microwave oven"
    pop 
  5. cause to burst with a loud, explosive sound
    "The child popped the balloon"
    pop 
  6. fire a weapon with a loud explosive noise
    "The soldiers were popping"
    pop 
  7. take drugs, especially orally
    "The man charged with murder popped a valium to calm his nerves"
    pop 
  8. hit a pop-fly
    "He popped out to shortstop"
    pop 
  9. put or thrust suddenly and forcefully
    "pop the pizza into the microwave oven"; "He popped the petit-four into his mouth"
    pop 
  10. hit or strike
    "He popped me on the head"
    pop 
  11. release suddenly
    "pop the clutch"
    pop 
  12. make a sharp explosive noise
    "The cork of the champagne bottle popped"
    pop 
  13. cause to make a sharp explosive sound
    "He popped the champagne bottle"
    pop 
noun
  1. an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
    dad  dada  daddy  pa  papa  pappa  pop 
  2. 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 music  pop 
  3. a sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork
    pop  popping 
  4. a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring
    "in New England they call sodas tonics"
    pop  soda  soda pop  soda water  tonic 
adverb
  1. like a pop or with a pop
    "everything went pop"
    pop  pop 
adjective
  1. (of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people)
    popular  pop 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University



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