# pop

> English word · Noun · IPA /pɒp/ · frequency rank #1,435

## Definitions
1. A loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle, especially when the contents are pressurized by fizziness.
2. An effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; soda pop.
3. A bottle, can, or serving of effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; a soda pop.
4. A pop shot: a quick, possibly unaimed, shot with a firearm.
5. A quantity dispensed; a portion; apiece.
6. Something that stands out or is distinctive to the mind or senses.
7. The removal of a data item from the top of a stack.
8. A bird, the European redwing.
9. The sixth derivative of the position vector with respect to time (after velocity, acceleration, jerk, jounce, crackle), i.e. the rate of change of crackle.
10. A pistol.
11. A small, immature peanut, boiled as a snack.
12. Ellipsis of freeze pop.
13. A lollipop.
14. A (usually very) loud audience reaction.
15. The pulling of a string away from the fretboard and releasing it so that it snaps back.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **PP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pop-vs-pp)
- **PR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pop-vs-pr)
- **pt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pop-vs-pt)
- **PS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pop-vs-ps)
- **PU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pop-vs-pu)
- **PV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pop-vs-pv)
- **PW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pop-vs-pw)
- **PX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pop-vs-px)
- **put** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pop-vs-put)
- **pro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pop-vs-pro)
- **pot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pop-vs-pot)
- **pub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pop-vs-pub)
- **pos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pop-vs-pos)
- **ppl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pop-vs-ppl)
- **pup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pop-vs-pup)
- **pun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pop-vs-pun)
- **PSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pop-vs-psa)
- **PTS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pop-vs-pts)
- **psi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pop-vs-psi)
- **POW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pop-vs-pow)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/pop