[pop] 
verb, popped, pop⋅ping, noun, adverb, adjective | 1. | to make a short, quick, explosive sound: The cork popped. |
| 2. | to burst open with such a sound, as chestnuts or corn in roasting. |
| 3. | to come or go quickly, suddenly, or unexpectedly: She popped into the kitchen to check the stove. |
| 4. | to shoot with a firearm: to pop at a mark. |
| 5. | to protrude from the sockets: The news made her eyes pop. |
| 6. | Baseball.
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| 7. | to cause to make a sudden, explosive sound. |
| 8. | to cause to burst open with such a sound. |
| 9. | to open suddenly or violently: to pop the hood on a car; to pop the tab on a beer can. |
| 10. | to put or thrust quickly, suddenly, or unexpectedly: He popped the muffins into the oven. |
| 11. | Informal. to cause to fire; discharge: He popped his rifle at the bird. |
| 12. | to shoot (usually fol. by at, off, etc.): He popped off bottles with a slingshot. |
| 13. | British Slang. to pawn. |
| 14. | Informal.
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| 15. | a short, quick, explosive sound. |
| 16. | a popping. |
| 17. | a shot with a firearm. |
| 18. | Informal. soda pop. |
| 19. | a drink or portion of an alcoholic beverage, as a drink of whiskey or a glass of beer: We had a couple of pops on the way home. |
| 20. | Baseball. pop fly. |
| 21. | with an explosive sound: The balloon went pop. |
| 22. | quickly, suddenly, or unexpectedly: Pop, the door flew open! |
| 23. | Informal. unexpected; without prior warning or announcement: The teacher gave us a pop quiz. |
| 24. | pop for, Slang. to pay or buy for oneself or another, esp. as a gift or treat; spring for: I'll pop for the first round of drinks. |
| 25. | pop off, Informal.
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| 26. | pop out, Baseball. to be put out by hitting a pop fly caught on the fly by a player on the opposing team. |
| 27. | pop up, Baseball. to hit a pop fly. |
| 28. | a pop, Slang. each; apiece: five orchids at $30 a pop. |
| 29. | pop in, Informal. to visit briefly and unexpectedly; stop in; drop by: Maybe we'll pop in after the movie. |
| 30. | pop the question, Informal. to propose marriage: They dated for two years before he popped the question. |
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"A new manufactory of a nectar, between soda-water and ginger-beer, and called pop, because ‘pop goes the cork’ when it is drawn." [Southey, letter, 1812]Baseball sense of "to hit a ball high in the air" is from 1867. Sense of "ice cream on a stick" is from 1923 (see popsicle). To pop the question is from 1725, specific sense of "propose marriage" is from 1826. Popcorn is first attested 1819. Pop-eyed "having bulging eyes" is recorded from 1820. Pop-gun as a type of child's toy is from 1622. Pop-over "light cake" is from 1876. Pop goes the weasel, a country dance, was popular 1850s at court balls, etc.