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 →

2) A pop is a short sharp sound. tree →

3) To pop somewhere is to go there quickly: «I'll pop to the shop». tree →

4) Pop is a fizzy sweet drink (also called soda) and a kind of music. tree →

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 →
• Sam had 9 balloons and 2 popped. tree →
• Anna popped 4 of the 20 bubbles. tree →
• The balloon popped with a loud bang. tree →
• Corn pops when it gets very hot. tree →
• I'll just pop next door to see Gran. tree →
• A rabbit popped out of the hole. tree →
• My sister likes pop music. tree →
• Out popped the duck and flew away. tree →

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.
• Pop and rock concerts are loud and crowded; big festivals run for several days with many stages, and many fans wear earplugs.
• K-pop singers usually train for years before their first show, and many trainees never become stars at all.
• The story that your eyes pop out if you sneeze with them open is not true; closing them is just a reflex.
• Popcorn pops because water inside each kernel turns to steam until the hard shell bursts; dried-out kernels pop badly.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «pop» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.