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# pop

verb (pop, pops, popped, popping); noun (a pop); noun pop music

«pop» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To pop is to burst with a short sharp sound; a popped balloon is gone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pop/#m1)
2. A pop is a short sharp sound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pop/#m2)
3. To pop somewhere is to go there quickly: «I'll pop to the shop». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pop/#m3)
4. Pop is a fizzy sweet drink (also called soda) and a kind of music. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pop/#m4)

### In the lessons

a balloon bursts and no longer counts; corn kernels pop into popcorn; phrases: «pop out», «pop in», «pop up», «pop music»

### Examples

- 15 balloons popped. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pop/#x1)
- Sam had 9 balloons and 2 popped. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pop/#x2)
- Anna popped 4 of the 20 bubbles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pop/#x3)
- The balloon popped with a loud bang. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pop/#x4)
- Corn pops when it gets very hot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pop/#x5)
- I'll just pop next door to see Gran. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pop/#x6)
- A rabbit popped out of the hole. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pop/#x7)
- My sister likes pop music. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pop/#x8)
- Out popped the duck and flew away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pop/#x9)

### Note

Past: popped (double p). «N balloons popped» takes N away from the balloons left. Trap: «popcorn» is not about popping balloons. Trap: «pop up» on a screen means appear.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «pop» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pop/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pop» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pop.html) on Mova free.