Word Finder - Pop

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A loud, sharp sound as of a cork coming out of a bottle.

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Listen to the pop of a champagne cork.

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(Midwest US) An effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; soda pop.

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Lunch was sandwiches and a bottle of pop.

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(Midwest US) A bottle, can, or serving of effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; soda pop.

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Go in the store and buy us three pops.

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A pop shot: a quick, possibly unaimed, shot with a firearm.

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The man with the gun took a pop at the rabbit.

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(in the phrase "a pop") A quantity dispensed, a portion, apiece.

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They cost 50 pence a pop.

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Something that stands out or is distinctive, especially to the senses.

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a pop of vanilla flavour

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The removal of a data item from the top of a stack.

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A bird, the European redwing.

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The sixth derivative of the position vector with respect to time (after velocity, acceleration, jerk, jounce, crackle), i.e. the rate of change of crackle.

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A pistol.

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To make a pop, or sharp, quick sound.

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The muskets popped away on all sides.

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To burst (something) with a popping sound.

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The boy with the pin popped the balloon.

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(with in, out, upon, etc.) To enter, or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement; to move from place to place suddenly; to dart.

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A rabbit popped out of the hole.

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To place (something) (somewhere); to move or position (something) with a short movement.

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He popped his head around the door.

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(often with over, round, along, etc.) To make a short trip or visit.

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I'll pop by your place later today.

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To stand out; to be distinctive to the senses.

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This colour really pops.

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To hit (something or someone).

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He popped me on the nose.

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To shoot (usually somebody) with a firearm.

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To ejaculate.

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To remove (a data item) from the top of a stack.

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To remove a data item from the top of (a stack).

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To pawn (something) (to raise money).

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I had to pop my watch to see me through until pay-day.

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To swallow or consume (especially a tablet of a drug, sometimes extended to other small items such as sweets or candy).

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To perform (a move or stunt) while riding a board or vehicle.

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(of the ears) To undergo equalization of pressure when the Eustachian tubes open.

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My ears popped as the aeroplane began to ascend.

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Used to represent a loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle.

We pop some popcorn and drink some eggnog - just enjoy each other.

I felt something pop in my neck, but I don't think it's serious.

I hope I pop off to someplace fascinating!

Then, after a pause he added, "Before Pop disappeared for good."

He knows you can pop up anywhere, geographically; you've proved that to him.

She's grounded too, but I can just pop in and out.

We don't know that he won't pop back up sometime soon and want it.

Before old Pop Dawkins croaked, those guys hardly spoke to each other.

If he were just missing, you'd always wonder if he was going to pop in.

The frozen sea beneath her feet was the color of tar, the black clouds above paused mid-swirl around a pop of blue sky in the storm's center.

The Russians in Turkestan form only about 5% of the total pop., and since most of the rural Mussulman pop. take no part in the voting, the country is governed to all intents and purposes by men elected by the very small proportion of Russians of the lower classes living in the towns.

Pop. (1890) 15,361; (1900) 17,484, of whom 2750 were foreign-born; (1910) 21,122.

Enniskillen (the county town, pop. 5412) is the only town of importance, the rest being little more than villages.

The actual building dates from the end of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th century, and contains a fine library with a collection of rare manuscripts and incunabula; near it is the small and old town of Tepl (pop. 2789).

Pop. including a large rural district and several villages (1890), 31,498; (1908, estimate), 33,000.

Pop. (1890) 5090; (1900) 6280, including 660 foreign-born; (1910) 6987.

After the city of Adrianople (pop. 1905, about 80,000), which is the capital, the principal towns are Rodosto (35,000), [[Gallipoli (disambiguation)|Gallipoli (25,000), Kirk-Kilisseh (Kirk-Kilisse)|Kirk-Kilisseh]] (16,000), Xanthi (14,000), Chorlu (11,500), Demotica (10,000), Enos (8000), Gumuljina (8000) and Dedeagatch (3000).

The capital and chief port is Lome (pop. about 5000), near the western frontier.

The houses in Uzhitse are quite unlike those of more prosperous Servian towns, being tall, narrow structures of timber, frequently blackened by the damp. Pop. (1900) about 7000.

Pop. (1890) 5195; (190o) 5400 (1127 being foreign-born); (1905, state census) 5378; (1910) 544 6.

Pop. (1904), 2406, of whom 1139 were white.

Pop. (1885) 95,725; (1905) including Burtscheid, 143,906.

Pop. (1900) 2752; (1905, state census) 533 2, of whom 2975 were foreign-born, including 1145 Finns, 676 Austrians and 325 Swedes.

Pop. (1903) 34,454; in 1903, after the census had been taken, the municipality of San Nicolas (pop. 1903, 10,880) was added to Laoag.

It is divided into three districtsNovorossiysk, with the town (pop. in 1897, 16,208) of the same name, which acts as the capital of the Black Sea district; Velyaminovsk; and Sochi.

Pop. (1903) 11,589; after the census enumeration, the town of Guiguinto (pop. 394 8) was annexed.

Pop. (1906) 9749 It possesses iron mines and is the centre of the coal-fields of the Aveyron, which supply the ironworks established by the Duc Decazes, minister of Louis Xviii.

Pop. (1900), 34,188, of which half were Jews.

Pop. (1890) 5919; (1900) 7100, of whom 144 were foreign-born.

Pop. (1 9 01) 3799 The church of the Holy Trinity, one of the most noteworthy in Staffordshire, is principally Early English, and has fine stained glass.

Pop. (1910), about 30,000, of whom nearly one-half were foreign-born or of foreign parentage.

Ardrishaig (pop. 1285), a seaport on the west of the mouth of Loch Gilp, is the east terminus of the Crinan Canal.

Pop. (1890) 4284; (1900) 4922, of whom 1066 were foreign-born; area, about 17 sq.

Pop. (1901) 52,216, showing an increase of io% in the decade.

Pop. (1907) 19,893, of whom about one-third are Copts.

Pop. (1906) 35,543 (town), 67,379 (commune) - a considerable increase, as the population of 1881 was only 34,270 (commune).

The group is of volcanic origin, and includes Palmarola (anc. Palmaria), Zannone (Sinonia), Ventotene (Pandateria, pop. in 1901, 1986) and San Stefano.

Pop. (1860) 23,761; (1897) 35,177, of whom one-half were Jews.

Pop. (1866) 31,779, (1900) 33,607, comprising Great and Little Russians, Bulgarians, Jews and Gipsies.

For administrative purposes the province is divided into eleven districts and one autonomous municipality, Laibach (pop. 36,547), the capital.

In 1903, after the census had been taken, San Ildefonso (pop. 5326) was annexed to San Miguel.

Candia, the former capital and the see of the archbishop of Crete (pop. in 1900, 22,501), is officially styled Herakleion; it is surrounded by remarkable Venetian fortifications and possesses a museum with a valuable collection of objects found at Cnossus, Phaestus, the Idaean cave and elsewhere.

Canea (Xavia), the seat of government since 1840 (pop. 20,972), is built in the Italian style; its walls and interesting galley-slips recall the Venetian period.

Retimo (PEOvyvos) is, like Canea, the see of a bishop (pop. 9 3 11).

The nearest railway station is Luque (pop. 497 2), 4 m.

Pop. (1890), 8914; (1900), 11,544, of whom 1590 were foreign-born; (1910 census) 13,374.

The cotton mills are mostly in the Piedmont Plateau Region; durham|Durham, Durham county, and Winston, Forsyth county, are leading centres of tobacco manufacture; and High Point (pop. in 1900, 4163) in Randolph is noted for its manufacture of furniture.

Pop. (1890) 3901; (1900) 5474; (1905, state census), 6489, of whom 913 were foreign-born.

Mafeking was originally the headquarters of the Barolong tribe of Bechuana and is still their largest station, the native location (pop. 2860) being about a mile distant from the town.

Pop. (1901), 4135 It is in the midst of the oil region of Canada, and numerous wells in the vicinity have an aggregate output of about 30,000,000 gallons of crude oil per annum, much of which is refined in the town.