pop
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- noun
- /pɑp/
- Hosted by DJ Willis Conover, the show played jazz and pop music and initially only broadcast in Scandinavia.
- pop music
- pop star
- pop song
Examples
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You can pick from all genres, pop, rock, rap, anything.
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Because I wanna become a pop singer, and a rock singer, and write my own songs, produce my own songs.
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And because she was quite a famous person, of course, I mean, part of a pop group like that.
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The role of the sound engineer and producer in pop music recording is crucial.
Academic text (1999) -
"Weird Al" Yankovic is one of the most exciting new artists in pop music today.
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Most often in music videos and pop songs, the bridge suggests possibility, an alternate reality.
Academic text (2017) -
The careers of other female pop stars demonstrate the challenge of negotiating this aspect of celebrity identity.
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'For Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Amy Winehouse for 'Rehab'.
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Vannini and Meyers have explored this problem in the cases of pop stars Avril Lavigne and Britney Spears, respectively.
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Many teenagers enjoy listening to the latest pop hits on the radio.
Synonyms
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Songs with a catchy tune that many people like
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Music that many people like and often hear on radio
Idioms
- Offensive
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To do something for the first time, often used informally about a person's first time having sex
Compounds
- Literature
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A way people promote women's rights in popular culture like music and fashion
- Literature
Popular music made by big companies to sell well and often not very original
- Specialized
A climbing tropical plant with thin divided leaf parts and stems that smell bad when crushed
How Mainstream
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pop (music) is short for popular, which means 'liked by many people'. So pop songs are simple, catchy songs meant to please a wide audience.