Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Resembling pop music.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

pop +‎ -like

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word poplike.

Examples

  • There was one song by Mr. Roseman, a warmly poplike ballad called "Fortunato," and two by Mr. Endsley, including one that resembled a warm-up exercise, with his long tones soberly set against a kind of Morse-code syncopation.

    NYT > Home Page By NATE CHINEN 2010

  • Even the packaging of this disc is more subdued than on previous Eroica CDs, although the groups characteristic poplike liveliness comes out in the charming encores.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2010

  • Nothing here approaches that sprawl; the songs average a poplike four minutes.

    NYT > Home Page 2010

  • Nothing here approaches that sprawl; the songs average a poplike four minutes.

    NYT > Home Page 2010

  • (Tuesday) Mr. Udden, a soprano and alto saxophonist, has indulged a poplike melodic streak on a pair of albums for the Fresh Sound New Talent label.

    NYT > Home Page 2009

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.