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How to pronounce pop
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What does pop mean?
nounA loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle, especially when the contents are pressurized by fizziness.
“Listen to the pop of a champagne cork.”
An effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; soda pop.
“Lunch was sandwiches and a bottle of pop.”
A bottle, can, or serving of effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; a soda pop.
“Go in the store and buy us three pops.”
verbTo make a pop, or sharp, quick sound.
“The muskets popped away on all sides.”
To burst (something) with a popping sound.
“This corn pops well.”
To broach or open (something) in a way that is instantaneous or sudden and that often (literally or notionally) involves a popping sound; to remove (the closure, the lid or top) from something so as t
“pop the question”
intjA loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle.
adjPopular.
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