pop
adverb/pɒp/
/pɑːp/
Word Originadverb late Middle English (in the senses ‘a blow, knock’ and ‘to strike’): imitative.
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See pop in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarygo pop
- to burst (= to break open) or explode with a sudden short sound
- The balloon went pop.
- If you eat any more, you’ll go pop!
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