pop

- a pop costing a specified amount per item. informal

2014Diamond Geezer At £12 a pop the exhibition's not cheap, but it is comprehensive and I didn't walk out feeling diddled.

have (or take) a pop at

1 physically attack.

2 criticize. informal

❷ 2012Spiked Magazine It seems … that there is no shortage of either the pathetic or the desperate, if the number of those queuing up to have a pop at Cameron et al for being born with mouths that doubled up as silver-cutlery storage units is any indication.

in pop in pawn. British informal

pop someone's cherry: seecherry.

pop the question propose marriage. British informal

pop your clogs die. British informal

☞ The expression, which is first recorded in 1970, probably comes from the idea of 'popping' (i.e. pawning) a person's clogs after they have died (and therefore have no further use for them). It may well also have been influenced, though, by the colloquial pop off meaning 'die', which dates back to the mid 18th century.

1998Oldie We cannot claim any credit for foreseeing that Enoch was about to pop his clogs.