pop

1. 1.

   an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk

   Synonymsdaddadadaddypapapapappa

   Broaderfather
2. 2.

   a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring

   “in New England they call sodas tonics”

   Synonymssodasoda popsoda watertonic

   Broadersoft drink
3. 3.

   a sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork

   Synonymspopping

   Broadersound
4. 4.

   music of general appeal to teenagers; a bland watered-down version of rock'n'roll with more rhythm and harmony and an emphasis on romantic love

   Synonymspop music

   Broaderpopular music

1. 1.

   (of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people)

   Synonymspopular

   Similarnonclassical

   music · art

1. 1.

   like a pop or with a pop

   “everything went pop”

Other forms of pop

plural

pops·

past tense or participle

popped

present participle

popping

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pop

What does pop mean?

pop means "bulge outward". That is the primary sense; the word has 19 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pop?

pop has 1 syllable: pop. In IPA it is /ˈpɑp/.

What is another word for pop?

Close synonyms include start, protrude, pop out, bulge, bulge out. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pop a common word?

pop is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with pop?

1 word rhymes with pop. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.