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   pop

   /pɒp/

   verb

   • 1. make a light explosive sound: "corks popped and glasses tinkled" Similar go banggo off with a banggo offcracksnapburstexplode
   • ▪ cause (something) to burst, making a light explosive sound: "they were popping balloons with darts"
   • ▪ (of a person's ears) make a small popping sound within the head as pressure is equalized, typically because of a change of altitude: "my ears popped in the lift"
   • ▪ heat (popcorn or another foodstuff) until it bursts open: "the hot-air popper pops 4 quarts of popcorn in 5 minutes"
   • 2. go somewhere for a short time, often without notice: "she popped in to see if she could help" Similar godrop by/in/into/roundstop byvisitinformal:tootlewhipnip
   • ▪ put or move (something) somewhere quickly: "he popped his head around the door" Similar putplaceslipslidepushstickrestdepositsetlaysettlelocateinstalldropshovehangpositionarrange
   • ▪ move, appear, or emerge suddenly: "a head popped out of the back of the wagon"
   • ▪ release, open, or engage (something) quickly or suddenly: North American "he pulled a can of beer from the refrigerator and popped its tab"
   • 3. (of a person's eyes) open wide and appear to bulge, especially with surprise: "the man's eyes popped in disbelief"
   • 4. appear brighter or more striking in juxtaposition with something of a different or complementary colour: "she added a slick of red lipstick to make the outfit pop"
   • 5. take or inject (a drug): informal "Williams had spent his life hitting the bottle and popping pills"
   • 6. pawn (something): informal British "I wouldn't ever sell it—I popped it"

   noun

   • 1. a light explosive sound: "there were a few pops, perhaps from pistols" Similar bangcracksnapboomexplosionreport
   • 2. a sweet fizzy drink such as lemonade: informal "a bottle of pop" Similar fizzy drinksoft drinkcarbonated drinksodabellywashinformal:scoosh
   • 3. a patch of bright colour: "I like wearing a neutral outfit with one pop of yellow"
   • 4. a ball hit high in the air but not far from the home plate, providing an easy catch: "he caught a pop fly for the third out of the seventh inning"

   adverb

   • 1. with a light explosive sound: "the champagne went pop"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the senses ‘a blow, knock’ and ‘to strike’): imitative.

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2. www.britannica.com › art › popular-musicPopular music | Description, History, & Facts | Britannica

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   6 days ago · Popular music, any commercially oriented music principally intended to be received and appreciated by a wide audience, generally in literate, technologically advanced societies dominated by urban culture. Unlike traditional folk music, popular music is written by known individuals.

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     African popular music, body of music that emerged in Africa...

3. www.udiscovermusic.com › in-depth-features › pop-the-worldsPop Music: The World’s Most Important Art Form

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   Jul 3, 2024 · Pop, after all, originated as shorthand for “popular music,” the sounds that were being dug by whatever generation in whichever society. The broadside ballads popular in Tudor and Stuart...

4. www.enotes.com › the-definition-of-popular-culture-3117905The definition of popular culture - eNotes.com

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   Jul 3, 2024 · Popular culture, often referred to as "pop culture," encompasses the ideas, perspectives, attitudes, images, and other phenomena that are within the mainstream of a...

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6. www.britannica.com › art › rock-musicRock | Definition, History, Artists, Songs, & Facts | Britannica

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   Jul 2, 2024 · Rock, form of popular music that emerged in the 1950s and that by the end of the 20th century was the world’s dominant form of popular music. It originated in the United States and spread to other English-speaking countries and across Europe in the 1960s.

7. www.britannica.com › browse › Entertainment-Pop-CultureEntertainment & Pop Culture Portal | Britannica

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   4 days ago · Entertainment & Pop Culture. Entertainment and leisure activities have been a part of culture in one form or another since the ancient times. Dance performances, live music, and storytelling have a long tradition throughout history, even as the styles and available methods of delivery have shifted dramatically.

8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › MusicMusic - Wikipedia

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   2 days ago · Music is the arrangement of sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm, or otherwise expressive content. [1] [2] [3] Music is generally agreed to be a cultural universal that is present in all human societies. [4] Definitions of music vary widely in substance and approach. [5]

9. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › J-popJ-pop - Wikipedia

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   1 day ago · J-pop (ジェーポップ, jēpoppu) (often stylized in all caps; an abbreviated form of "Japanese popular music"), natively also known simply as pops (ポップス, poppusu), is the name for a form of popular music that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s.