pop
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2.1
- noun
- /pɑp/
- As she worked the floor, Karen kept hearing pops, like the sound of flashbulbs or corks being opened.
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Watch on YouTubeAnd all the sudden as I'm hammering the door, I hear pop, pop, pop, pop.
- And all the sudden as I'm hammering the door, I hear pop, pop, pop, pop.
- And if you look at the videos, you can see pop, pop, pop.
Examples
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And all the sudden as I'm hammering the door, I hear pop, pop, pop, pop.
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It's just sort of like a little pop, but it's smashed the egg.
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Like a quick little pop and then jump back into it.
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This is like the pop here could be really, really loud.
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Often I would hear a pop as clouds of white smoke mixed with the grayish mist.
Fiction book (1992) -
Maybe they'll even build in the creaks, pops, and hums you hear at a real observatory.
Academic text (1996) -
(cork pops)
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As he opened the champagne, we all heard a satisfying pop as the cork flew off.
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During the fireworks display, the pop of the rockets delighted the crowd.
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She quickly closed the bottle after hearing the pop of the cork as it sealed tightly.
Synonyms
390
1.3
A sudden loud noise from a hit or impact
59
1.9
To make a sudden sharp sound like something breaking
6
1.2
A sudden very loud noise often from an explosion or crash
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5.8
A sudden loud noise like the bang of a gun
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3.0
A sharp, sudden sound made when something bursts, like a balloon or bottle opening
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9.9
To make a soft, short popping sound
Idioms
- Offensive
1
9.9
To do something for the first time, often used informally about a person's first time having sex
Compounds
- Literature
1
6.4
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
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Etymology
Pop copies a short, sharp sound — it is onomatopoeic, like the quick 'pop' when something bursts. So a pop is that sudden, explosive noise.