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pop
noun- an instance or occurrence US, 1868
- We get anywhere from three hundred to five hundred a pop, depending on how much the Sioux Falls quarterback Club–or some such thing–can afford. — Dan Jenkins, Semi-Tough, p. 62, 1972
- By wearing Via Spiga pumps that cost a hundred dollars a pop with fifty-nine-cent grocery-store label panty hose underneath. — Rita Ciresi, Pink Slip, p. 80, 1999
- an attempt, a try UK
- I’ll have a pop at it, of course. — J.B. Priestley, The Good Companions, 1929
- We hold back in the stands to allow them [a rival gang] to clear so we can have a pop inside the ground. — Martin King and Martin Knight, The Naughty Nineties, p. 127, 1999
- an arrest US
- So the minute the pop comes, one of the guys that was out in front during all this, he offered a ten-flat [ten-year sentence]. — Bruce Jackson, In the Life, p. 170, 1972
- Do whatever the fuck they want–you know, street pops, raids, whatever. — Richard Price, Clockers, p. 269, 1992
- an attack UK
Combination and variation of the senses “attempt” and “go”. - [Y]ou’re in no position to have a pop at us. — Kerrang!, p. 8, 3 November 2001
- an ejaculation US
- The eighteen-year-old blonde blew Lev to his first pop, reports Mark, and then was replaced by a short-haired brunette, who brought Larry to number two in under thirty minutes. — Josh Alan Friedman, Tales of Times Square, p. 105, 1986
- We want the pop. How much time is left on this cassette? Three minutes. Okay, give us the pop in two forty-five. — Robert Stoller and I.S. Levine, Coming Attractions, p. 55, 1991
- one event of sexual intercourse US
- There were plenty of girls for that, you know, if a guy wanted a pop. — Diner, 1982
- in prison, an escape attempt UK
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 89, 1996
- a father, especially as a term of address US, 1838
- the “masculine” or “active” member of a lesbian relationship US
- — John M. Murtagh and Sara Harris, Cast the First Stone, p. 262, 1957: “Glossary”
- — Robert George Reisner, The Jazz Titans, p. 163, 1960
- a musical genre, characterised as trivial and without serious artistic intent US, 1935
Originally widely used to cover the opposite of “classical music”, now denotes just a particular type of popular music: carefully crafted, packaged or manufactured for mass-market appeal. - [A] perfect piece of pop schlock. — Barney Hoskyns, Waiting For The Sun, p. 138, 1996
- any non-alcoholic sparkling drink UK, 1812
From the sound of a bottle being opened. - I’ll be there in shorts and a t-shirt, a bag of sausage rolls and wine gums in one hand, and a stone bottle of ginger pop in the other! — The Guardian, 8 December 2000
- A HAPLESS commuter handed over 400 cash to two men in the street for what he thought was a laptop computer–but turned out to be two bottles of pop. — Wandsworth Guardian, 3 June 2003
- champagne UK
- This prat owes me money and he’s out spunking it on expensive pop. — Dave Courtney, Raving Lunacy, p. 171, 2000
- a drink, usually at a bar US
- I seen a couple of guys I know, had a couple of pops, got something down on it. — John Sayles, Union Dues, p. 24, 1977
- She says she stopped in there for a pop after she was through working and he was in there again. — Elmore Leonard, Split Images, p. 265, 1981
- You better learn to have a pop once in a while or you’re gonna fall off the wagon. — Something About Mary, 1998
- cough syrup containing codeine US
- — William D. Alsever, Glossary for the Establishment and Other Uptight People, p. 6, December 1970
- an injection of a drug US
- You make it wit me, Diane? If I take a pop, you make it? — George Mandel, Flee the Angry Strangers, p. 282, 1952
- a strong crowd reaction US
Professional wrestling usage. - It really sounded like the Cat got the biggest pop of the night. — Chatterbox News, 23 August 2000
- The first pop from the crowd, while I was still in the dressing room, scared the bejeezes out of me. — Missy Hyatt, Missy Hyatt, p. 37, 2001
- a murder US
- “You’re lucky. It’s an easy pop.” — Burton Turkus and Sid Feder, Murder, Inc., p. 7, 1951
- a handgun US
- “We ain’t nuthin but goddamn fools if we try an take Deek down with just the pussy little pops we got us now.” — Jess Mowry, Way Past Cool, p. 255, 1992
- the “masculine” or “active” member of a lesbian relationship US
- — John M. Murtagh and Sara Harris, Cast the First Stone, p. 262, 1957: “Glossary”
- — Robert George Reisner, The Jazz Titans, p. 163, 1960
▷ see:POPGOESTHEWEASEL
▶ go off pop
to lose your temper NEW ZEALAND- Every chance he got he’d pick on men and go off pop. — Frank Sargeson, That Summer, p. 33, 1946
▶ have a pop at
to attack verbally UK- I’ve never had a pop at you for taking drugs before, but this is different. — Wayne Anthony, Spanish Highs, p. 78, 1999
▶ on the pop
drinking alcohol UK- [A]s soon as we’d dropped my bag off at his flat, out on the pop we did go, big time. — Ken Lukowiak, Marijuana Time, p. 319, 2000
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