Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
pop-dock .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
pop . (the sound and related meanings) - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
pop . - noun informal
Father ,dad . - noun By extension, another man old enough to be the speaker's father.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Members of Congress can also use taxpayer funds to make sure their name pops up when someone does a Google search.
And a Happy Festivus From Congress Too Jeff Flake 2011
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If the employer you applied with does a background check that includes lawsuits and your name pops up as a plaintiff against your former employer, the potential employer can turn you down.
Red Room: Donna Ballman: Potential Employees Beware: Some Employment Laws Hate Job Seekers Red Room 2011
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"I'll be honest with you, I never really liked the term 'pops,'" said Steven Reineke , who has served as conductor and artistic director of the New York Pops for the last three years.
Straddling Genres With the City's Biggest Big Band Will Friedwald 2011
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Every morning I get up, a word pops into my head, usually just before breakfast.
Anything But Typical Nora Raleigh Baskin 2009
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So I can see where confusion over the term pops in.
Global Warming, con't, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Every morning I get up, a word pops into my head, usually just before breakfast.
Anything But Typical Nora Raleigh Baskin 2009
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And then sometimes, the title pops up as I'm writing the book.
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The city coordinates with us anytime his name pops up.
Heaven’s Prisoners James Lee Burke 1988
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The city coordinates with us anytime his name pops up.
Heaven’s Prisoners James Lee Burke 1988
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The city coordinates with us anytime his name pops up.
Heaven’s Prisoners James Lee Burke 1988
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Recent years have seen a proliferation of Pops – privately owned public spaces – as London, Manchester and other places redevelop and gentrify.
Who owns the country? The secretive companies hoarding England's land Guy Shrubsole 2020
bilby commented on the word pops
"Pistols. Pop shop: a pawnbroker's shop. To pop: to pawn; aslo to shoot. I popt my tatler: I pawned my watch. I popt the cull: I shot the man. His means are two pops and a galloper: that is, he is a highwayman."
- Francis Grose, 'The Vulgar Tongue'.
September 18, 2008