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P0444100 (pŏp)v. popped, pop·ping, pops v.intr.1. To make a short, sharp, explosive sound.2. To burst open with a short, sharp, explosive sound.3. To move quickly or unexpectedly; appear abruptly: At last the cottage popped into view.4. To open wide suddenly: The child's eyes popped with astonishment.5. To have the eustachian tubes open suddenly, equalizing pressure on both sides of the eardrum in response to changes in atmospheric pressure, as in a descending airplane: After I swallowed, my ears popped.6. Baseball To hit a short high fly ball, especially one that can be caught by an infielder: popped out to shortstop.7. To shoot a firearm, such as a pistol.8. a. To be exciting: a club that really pops at night.b. To be visually striking: a logo that really pops.v.tr.1. To cause to make a sharp bursting sound.2. To cause to open with a sharp bursting sound: popped the hood of the car to check the oil.3. To cause to explode with a sharp bursting sound: popped the balloon.4. To put or thrust suddenly or unexpectedly: "popping a crisp plump shrimp into her mouth" (Kathleen Winsor).5. a. To discharge (a firearm).b. To fire at; shoot.6. To hit or strike: popped me on the head.7. Baseball To hit (a ball) high in the air but not far.8. To release (a clutch) suddenly.9. Slang a. To take (drugs), especially orally: "To calm a case of the jitters ... the bride popped Valium" (People).b. To have (a drink): popped a few beers after work.10. Slang To take into legal custody; arrest: "Her friend was visiting and got popped for a DUI while he was driving her car" (Jamie Harrison).n.1. A sudden sharp, explosive sound.2. A shot with a firearm.3. Chiefly Midwestern US See soft drink. See Note at tonic.4. Baseball A pop fly.adv.1. With a popping sound.2. Abruptly or unexpectedly.Phrasal Verbs: pop for Informal To pay for: I'll pop for the video if you buy some snacks. pop in (or by) Informal To visit briefly: just popped in to say hello. pop off Informal 1. To leave abruptly or hurriedly.2. To die suddenly.3. To speak thoughtlessly in a burst of released anger.Idioms: a pop Slang Apiece; each: Tickets to the benefit were $100 a pop. pop the question Informal To propose marriage.

[Middle English poppen, from pop, a blow, stroke, of imitative origin.]

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P0444100 (pŏp)n. Informal Father.

[Short for papa.]

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P0444100 (pŏp) Informal adj.1. Of or for the general public; popular or popularized: pop culture; pop psychology.2. Of, relating to, or specializing in popular music: a pop singer.3. Of or suggestive of pop art: a pop style.n.1. Popular music.2. Pop art.

[Short for popular.]

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abbr.1. Computers point of presence2. point of purchase3. proof of purchase

pop the question

To ask someone to marry you.

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pop the question - ask (someone) to marry you; "he popped the question on Sunday night"; "she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months"; "The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman"declare oneself, propose, offerrequest - ask (a person) to do something; "She asked him to be here at noon"; "I requested that she type the entire manuscript"

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To ask someone to marry one. I'm planning on popping the question just before the fireworks start. He popped the question in a text message? That's the worst proposal I've ever heard of.See also: pop, question

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[for a man] to ask a woman to marry him. (Could also be used by a woman asking a man.) She waited for years for him to pop the question. Finally she popped the question.See also: pop, question

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Propose marriage, as in He picked Valentine's Day to pop the question. [Early 1700s] See also: pop, question

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INFORMALIf you pop the question, you ask someone to marry you. Stuart got serious quickly and popped the question six months later.See also: pop, question

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propose marriage. British informalSee also: pop, question

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(informal) ask somebody to marry you: Where were you when he popped the question?See also: pop, question

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tv. [for a man] to ask a woman to marry him. (Could also be used by a woman asking a man.) She waited for years for him to pop the question. See also: pop, question

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Informal To propose marriage.See also: pop, question

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To propose marriage. The transfer of pop, meaning “to explode,” to the idea of blurting out a proposal, seems like a slangy modernism but actually dates from the eighteenth century. Samuel Richardson used it in his novel Sir Charles Grandison (1753): “Afraid he would now, and now and now, pop the question; which he had not the courage to put.”See also: pop

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