pop
/pɑp/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.87 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
2
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle, especially when the contents are pressurized by fizziness.
Countable
noun
An effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; soda pop.
Canadian usage; American usage; Uncountable
noun
A bottle, can, or serving of effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; a soda pop.
Canadian usage; American usage; Countable
Example Sentences
- "Listen to the pop of a champagne cork."
- "Lunch was sandwiches and a bottle of pop."
- "You have not taken anything off "pop" yet, and "pop" is the working-class drink. For the working-classes it is "pop" and cockles, just as with the upper classes it is champagne and oysters."
- "The best thing on the table was a tray full of bottles of lemon pop."
- "Go in the store and buy us three pops."
- "The man with the gun took a pop at the rabbit."
Etymology
From Middle English pop, poppe (“a blow; strike; buffet”) (> Middle English poppen (“to strike; thrust”, verb)), of onomatopoeic origin – used to describe the sound, or short, sharp actions. The physics sense is part of a facetious sequence "snap, crackle, pop", after the mascots of Rice Krispies cereal.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: pop, поп, попъ, πάπας
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /pɑp/
- British English: /pɒp/