Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle.
A loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle, especially when the contents are pressurized by fizziness. · An effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; soda pop. · A bottle, can, or serving of effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; a soda pop. · A pop shot: a quick, possibly unaimed, shot with a firearm.
To make a pop, or sharp, quick sound. · To burst (something) with a popping sound. · To broach or open (something) in a way that is instantaneous or sudden and that often (literally or notionally) involves a popping sound; to remove (the closure, the lid or top) from something so as to open it in this manner. · To enter, or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement; to move from place to place suddenly; to dart.
Etymology tree Middle English poppen Middle English pop /poppe English pop 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.
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