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Popping   /pˈɑpɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Pop  v. t.  
1.
To thrust or push suddenly; to offer suddenly; to bring suddenly and unexpectedly to notice; as, to pop one's head in at the door. "He popped a paper into his hand."
2.
To cause to pop; to cause to burst open by heat, as grains of Indian corn; as, to pop corn or chestnuts.
3.
To eat or swallow; of food, especially snacks, in small pieces; as, he popped a whole can of peanuts while watching the movie.
To pop off,
(a)
to thrust away, or put off promptly; as, to pop one off with a denial.
(b)
to make a statement, or series of statements, forcefully and in an opinionated manner; as, he popped off about his dislike of modern art.
To pop the question, to make an offer of marriage to a lady. (Colloq.)


Pop  v. i.  (past & past part. popped; pres. part. popping)  
1.
To make a pop, or sharp, quick sound; as, the muskets popped away on all sides.
2.
To enter, or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement; to move from place to place suddenly; to dart; with in, out, upon, off, etc. "He that killed my king... Popp'd in between the election and my hopes." "A trick of popping up and down every moment."
3.
To burst open with a pop, when heated over a fire; as, this corn pops well.


adjective
Popping  adj.  A. & n. from Pop.
Popping crease. (Cricket) See under Crease.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Popping" Quotes from Famous Books



... stung him behind in so many different places all at one time—he could not have exerted more mechanical functions in fewer seconds—or started half so much, as with one single quaere of three words unseasonably popping in full upon him ...
— The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman • Laurence Sterne
... hush brooded, now and again accentuated by a rumble of distant voices and gusts of vacant laughter, once or twice by a curious popping. For a long time he heard nothing else whatever. The effect was singularly disquieting and did its bit to quicken torpid ...
— The False Faces • Vance, Louis Joseph
... minutes late, and, because you've been lonesome all afternoon and need exercise, you slip into your coat and hustle down. Just as you get to the depot, Number Eleven comes in with a crash and a roar, bell ringing, steam popping off, every brake yelling, platforms loaded, expectation intense, confusion terrific, all nerves a-tingle, and fat old Jack Ball, the conductor, lantern under arm, sweeping majestically by on the bottom step of the smoker. Young Red Nolan and Barney Gastit, two of ...
— Homeburg Memories • George Helgesen Fitch
... see the party popping the parapet," grinned Vane. "It's not a thing which anyone does for pleasure. . ...
— Mufti • H. C. (Herman Cyril) McNeile
... more clutter-headed over the clots," as he expressed it, i.e. more clumsy or thick-headed over the clods. He preferred comparatively light cart-horses to step well. In the heat of the sun the furze-pods kept popping and bursting open; they are often as full of insects as seeds, which come creeping out. A green and black lady-bird—exactly like a tortoise—flew on to my hand. Again on the heath, and the grasshoppers rose at every step, sometimes three or four springing in as ...
— The Open Air • Richard Jefferies


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