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popping |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pop \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 From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Popping \Pop"ping\, a. & n. from {Pop}. {Popping crease}. (Cricket) See under {Crease}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: popping n : a sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork [syn: {pop}]
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