pop-up
- noun
- /ˈpɑːpˌʌp/
- The pop-up book of fairy tales has colorful pages that spring out when opened.
- a pop-up book
- a pop-up storybook
- children's pop-ups
Well, that's that's actually no pop up this picture.
- Well, that's that's actually no pop up this picture.
Examples
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And we think that the real thief may have broken into Mr Gruber's just to steal your great-grandmother's pop-up book.
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Christine was reading one of the pop-up storybooks with Casey, adding her own amusing commentary to the adventures of the animal characters, trying to distract her daughter from the memory of the muffled explosion and subsequent plunge.
Fiction book (1991) -
I knew there was something special about that pop-up book.
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Oh, it was written on the last page of the pop-up book.
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We'll take that pop-up book as well.
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The great thing is, it's a pop-up book.
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Pop-up books are engaging, especially when moving parts are included, as they are in this one.
Blog text (14) -
I've got my eye on an old pop-up book of London.
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It's a pop-up dinosaur book.
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It's a pop-up book.
Synonyms
A book for children with paper pictures that stand up when opened
How Interactive
- Baby Talk
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word pop-up comes from pop ('a short, sudden sound or action') and up ('to rise' or 'appear'). A pop-up book is named because parts of the page 'pop up' and stand up from the page when you open it, so the pictures feel like they come alive.