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# pop

«pop» in Mova's school dictionary: **to burst with a short sharp sound; a popped balloon is gone** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) To pop is to burst with a short sharp sound; a popped balloon is gone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pop/#m1)

2) A pop is a short sharp sound. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pop/#m4)

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

### In the corpora

- [Many pop songs are written by teams, and everyone whose work is used gets a credit, an official mention.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/7-how-a-song-is-made-writing-recording-producing/11/)
- [Pop and rock concerts are loud and crowded; big festivals run for several days with many stages, and many fans wear earplugs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs/7/)
- [K-pop singers usually train for years before their first show, and many trainees never become stars at all.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/39-art-as-a-job-who-makes-art-money-fame-and-hard-work/10/)
- [The story that your eyes pop out if you sneeze with them open is not true; closing them is just a reflex.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/364-the-body-s-rough-side-burps-farts-snot-sneezes-hiccups-and-poo/12/)
- [Popcorn pops because water inside each kernel turns to steam until the hard shell bursts; dried-out kernels pop badly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/10-cooking-is-chemistry/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pop» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pop/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.