pops
(informal, usually, as a form of address) Father, dad.
(informal, usually, as a form of address, by extension) A man old enough to be the speaker's father.
(old man): Unless the person addressed this way is very close, this can be very disrespectful and belittling.
pops
plural of pop (the sound and related meanings)
pops
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pop
• OPPs, PPOs, PSPO, opps
POPs
plural of POP
• OPPs, PPOs, PSPO, opps
Pops
plural of Pop
• OPPs, PPOs, PSPO, opps
Source: Wiktionary
Pop, n. Etym: [Of imitative origin. Cf. Poop.]
1. A small, sharp, quick explosive sound or report; as, to go off with a pop. Addison.
2. An unintoxicating beverage which expels the cork with a pop from the bottle containing it; as, ginger pop; lemon pop, etc. Hood.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The European redwing. [Prov. Eng.] Pop corn. (a) Corn, or maize, of peculiar excellence for popping; especially, a kind the grains of which are small and compact. (b) Popped corn; which has been popped.
Pop, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Popped; p. pr. & vb. n. 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. Shak. A trick of popping up and down every moment. Swift.
3. To burst open with a pop, when heated over a fire; as, this corn pops well.
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. Milton.
2. To cause to pop; to cause to burst open by heat, as grains of Indian corn; as, to pop corn or chestnuts. To pop off, to thrust away, or put off promptly; as, to pop one off with a denial. Locke.
– To pop the question, to make an offer of marriage to a lady. [Colloq.] Dickens.
Pop, adv.
Definition: Like a pop; suddenly; unexpectedly. "Pop goes his plate." Beau. & Fl.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
