Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pop tart

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.36 in modern English

Syllables: pop -tart
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A toaster pastry.

noun

A female pop music performer famed more for her sexuality than for her music.

Colloquial

noun

Alternative form of pop tart.

Example Sentences

"2000 January 29, Peter Sagal (host), Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me!, National Public Radio Carl Kasell will come to their house and cook his signature dish, breakfast à la Edwards, which is two pop tarts and a Benson and Hedges."
"After much effort, she was able to overcome the pop tart label and be taken seriously as a musician."

Etymology

A genericization of the brand name Pop-Tarts.

Usage

Colloquial

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Inflected Forms

pop tarts (plural) poptart (alternative) pop-tart (alternative)

Questions

What does pop tart mean?: A toaster pastry.
Where does pop tart come from?: A genericization of the brand name Pop-Tarts.

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