🚗 To open quickly 👨 A father 🎵 Popular music 💥 A sharp sound 💥 To make a sound 🕺 For young people 🎈 To burst 👊 To hit lightly 🥤 A soft drink 💊 To take medicine 🍺 To drink quickly ⚾ To hit high ⚡ Suddenly

to pop

109 3.2

To make a short sharp sound, for example when a balloon bursts

verb
/pɑp/

: hacer saltar

The gun fired with a loud pop as the bullet left the chamber.
pop popcorn
pop champagne
pop a cork

Examples

So I'm just going to pop this right on.
With a quick motion, he managed to pop the balloon without any difficulty.
So we can put this over here and pop this open and boom.
All you have to do is pop the top, swap.
So we're just going to pop it in and that's all you need to do.
Always, always pop your lashes on.
Pop the clutch!

Firewall (2006)
He made sure to pop the safety cap off the bottle before pouring the soda.

Synonyms

to crack

vsto pop

59 1.9

To make a sudden sharp sound like something breaking

is a short sharp explosive sound often used for firing a weapon

to phut

vsto pop

1 9.9

To make a soft, short popping sound

is sharper and louder, often like a weapon firing

Idioms

to pop someone's cherry

Offensive

9 9.9

To have sex with someone for the first time

snap, crackle and pop

3 6.5

Short sharp crackling sounds like cereal in a bowl

to pop the cherry

Offensive

1 9.9

To do something for the first time, often used informally about a person's first time having sex

Phrasal Verbs

to pop up

244 3.5

Appear suddenly and briefly when you are not expecting it

to pop out

94 3.1

To come out quickly from a surface or container

to pop out

41 2.9

To appear suddenly without warning

to pop in

Informal

40 3.4

To make a short informal visit to a place

to pop into

Informal

26 3.9

A thought or memory comes into your mind suddenly and briefly

to pop the question

18 4.6

To ask someone to marry you

to pop off

Informal

8 8.1

To suddenly say something angry without warning

to pop off

Slang

7 8.4

To suddenly perform very well, often in games or music

to pop into

Informal

7 4.1

Visit a place for a short time, often without planning

to pop off

6 7.9

To leave a place quickly, often without saying goodbye

to pop out

Informal

3 3.2

To leave a place for a short time to do something

to pop off

Informal

1 9.1

To die, often said as a joke to make it seem less serious

to pop a mint

Informal

1 3.4

To put a mint in your mouth to make your breath smell fresh

to pop the lid back

Informal

1 4.4

To put the lid back on a jar or container quickly

to pop bubble-wrap

Informal

2.7

Burst the small air bubbles in plastic wrap for fun or to feel calm

to pop out

Specialized

5.1

To move a window or panel out of the main program into a separate window

to skin pop

NSFW

9.9

To put drugs under the skin instead of into a vein

Compounds

pop music

40 1.0

Songs with a catchy tune that many people like

pop quiz

28 3.4

A short surprise test that checks what students learned recently

pop tart

28 2.7

A thin sweet pastry with a fruit or chocolate filling that you heat in a toaster

pop-up

19 3.4

A small window that suddenly appears on your computer screen

soda pop

18 1.0

A sweet fizzy drink like cola

pop-up

Texting

12 3.8

A shop that opens in one place for a short time

Pop Art

9 4.4

An art style that uses images from advertising and comics

pop-up

4 3.7

A book with pages that fold up into small paper scenes

pop group

4 2.3

A group of singers or musicians who play popular songs

pop-up book

3 2.5

A book for children with paper pictures that stand up when opened

pop fly

Jargon

3 5.8

A high ball hit in baseball or softball that is easy to catch

pop bottle

3 1.1

A bottle that holds fizzy soft drinks like cola

pop-up

Jargon

1 3.6

A high fly ball that is easy for fielders to catch

pop-up toaster

1 2.2

A small electric machine that heats bread slices and pushes them up when ready

pop tent

1 3.8

A small, light tent that opens quickly and is easy to carry

pop feminism

Literature

1 6.4

A way people promote women's rights in popular culture like music and fashion

pop-fly

Jargon

1 5.7

A ball hit high into the air near home plate that is easy to catch

corporation pop

Literature

7.7

Popular music made by big companies to sell well and often not very original

ginger pop

7.7

A sweet fizzy drink flavored with ginger, like ginger ale

running pop

Specialized

9.9

A climbing tropical plant with thin divided leaf parts and stems that smell bad when crushed

How Loud

to blast

35 4.1

to pop

109 3.2

to click

112 1.0

to tap

98 1.0

Surface Forms

pop infinitive

popped past

popped past participle

popping present participle

pops third person singular

Etymology

Pop as a verb comes from the same imitation of the quick sound 'pop' that things make when they burst. So to pop is to make that short, sharp sound, as when you pop a balloon.