pop

adv. Like a pop; suddenly; unexpectedly. “Pop goes his plate.” Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To thrust or push suddenly; to offer suddenly; to bring suddenly and unexpectedly to notice; as, to pop one's head in at the door. [ 1913 Webster ]

He popped a paper into his hand. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cause to pop; to cause to burst open by heat, as grains of Indian corn; as, to pop corn or chestnuts. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To eat or swallow; -- of food, especially snacks, in small pieces; as, he popped a whole can of peanuts while watching the movie. [ PJC ]

To pop off, (a) to thrust away, or put off promptly; as, to pop one off with a denial. Locke. (b) to make a statement, or series of statements, forcefully and in an opinionated manner; as, he popped off about his dislike of modern art. --
To pop the question, to make an offer of marriage to a lady. [ Colloq. ] Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Popped p. pr. & vb. n. Popping. ] 1. To make a pop, or sharp, quick sound; as, the muskets popped away on all sides. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To enter, or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement; to move from place to place suddenly; to dart; -- with in, out, upon, off, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that killed my king . . .
Popp'd in between the election and my hopes. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A trick of popping up and down every moment. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To burst open with a pop, when heated over a fire; as, this corn pops well. [ 1913 Webster ]

, n. See pop corn under pop, n.. [ PJC ]

n. [ AS. pāpa, L. papa father, bishop. Cf. Papa, Papal. ] 1. Any ecclesiastic, esp. a bishop. [ Obs. ] Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The bishop of Rome, the head of the Roman Catholic Church. See Note under Cardinal. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A parish priest, or a chaplain, of the Greek Church. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) A fish; the ruff. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pope Joan, a game at cards played on a round board with compartments. --
Pope's eye, the gland surrounded with fat in the middle of the thigh of an ox or sheep. R. D. Blackmore. --
Pope's nose, the rump, or uropygium, of a bird. See Uropygium. --
to be more Catholic than the Pope to adhere more stringently to Roman Catholic practices and doctrine than is required by church doctrine; -- usually used in a negative sense to mean, to be excessively pious. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ AS. pāpedōm. ] 1. The place, office, or dignity of the pope; papal dignity. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The jurisdiction of the pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A petty or deputy pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An adherent of the pope. [ R. ] Marlowe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A word variously explained as “a little puppet, ” “a little doll, ” or “a young butterfly.” Cf. Popet. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

So gay a popelote, so sweet a wench. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]