pop off
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.83 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To fire or launch (a shot, projectile, or missile), especially singly or in small bursts.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "I'm just popping off to the shops to pick up some bread."
- "When Captain Sleet in person stood his mast-head in this crow’s-nest of his, he tells us that he always had a rifle with him (also fixed in the rack), together with a powder flask and shot, for the purpose of popping off the stray narwhales, or vagrant sea unicorns infesting those waters; […]"
- "Dig your own grave, then I'll pop you off!"
- "The Long Lances, however, were thick in the water, and soon Portland was hit in the stern, sending her turning donuts across the ocean trying to work out which way to point her guns, popping off occasional shots at Hiei, which, by now, was heavily ablaze and a very obvious target in the night."
- "popping off at the mouth"
- "to pop one off with a denial"
Usage
Inflected Forms
Synonyms
annihilate
bag
baptize
bereave of life
blight
bring down
bump off
bury
cack
compromised to a permanent end
croak
crush