pop-up

Questions about pop-up

What does pop-up mean?

pop-up means "a book (usually for children) that contains one or more pages such that a three-dimensional structure rises up when a page is opened". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pop-up?

pop-up has 2 syllables: po-p-up. The stress falls on "po".

What is another word for pop-up?

Close synonyms include pop-up book, pop fly, pop-fly. 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-up a common word?

pop-up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.