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pop

/pɒp/
Meanings
  • Noun

    The sound of something bursting or exploding.

    - "The pop of a champagne cork."
    - "The pop of a balloon."
    - "The pop of gunfire."
  • Noun

    A type of music or cultural trend that is popular and often considered superficial or lacking substance.

    - "The latest pop music."
    - "The pop culture scene."
    - "The pop art movement."
Pronunciation
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Rhymes
Words rhyming with pop
top , cop , hop , dope , mop
Homophones
Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,

  1. Pop (Scottish Gaelic) : Head

  2. Pop (Norwegian) : To fart

Variants
List of all variants of pop that leads to same result
pop , pop the question , popped , popped the question , popping , popping the question , pops , pops the question , a pop , POP , pop art , pop artist , pop arts , pop eye , pop-eyed
Etymology
origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

The Old English word 'poppan' meant 'to bubble' or 'to boil'. The modern English word 'pop' comes from this root.

Trivia
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  1. The term 'pop' was first used in print in 1600, in the book 'The Popish Recusants' by Edmund Bunny.

  2. The term 'pop music' was first used in the 1920s to describe music that was popular and accessible to a wide audience.

Related Concepts
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  1. Pop music: A genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom, derived from genres such as Western swing, rhythm and blues, gospel, and country music.

  2. Pop art: A movement in modern art that emerged in the 1950s and 1960s, characterized by the use of imagery from popular and commercial culture.

Culture
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Pop culture refers to the ideas, perspectives, attitudes, and phenomena within the mainstream of a society at a given period. It includes music, movies, television shows, art, literature, and other forms of media and expression.

How to Memorize "pop"

  1. visualize

    - Visualize the sound of a champagne cork popping or a balloon bursting.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word 'pop' with the sound of something bursting or exploding.

  3. mnemonics

    - Use the mnemonic 'Pop goes the weasel' to remember the meaning of 'pop' as a sound.

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