Pop corn. (a) Corn, or maize, of peculiar excellence for popping;
especially, a kind the grains of which are small and compact. (b)
Popped corn; which has been popped.
Pop, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Popped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Popping.] 1. To
make a pop, or sharp, quick sound; as, the muskets popped away on all
sides.
2. To enter, or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement; to move
from place to place suddenly; to dart; -- with in, out, upon, off, etc.
He that killed my king . . . Popp'd in between the election and my
hopes.
Shak.
A trick of popping up and down every moment.
Swift.
3. To burst open with a pop, when heated over a fire; as, this corn
pops well.
Pop, v. t. 1. To thrust or push suddenly; to offer suddenly; to bring
suddenly and unexpectedly to notice; as, to pop one's head in at the
door.
He popped a paper into his hand.
Milton.
2. To cause to pop; to cause to burst open by heat, as grains of Indian
corn; as, to pop corn or chestnuts.
To pop off, to thrust away, or put off promptly; as, to pop one off
with a denial. Locke. -- To pop the question, to make an offer of
marriage to a lady. [Colloq.] Dickens.
Pop (?), adv. Like a pop; suddenly; unexpectedly. "Pop goes his plate."
Beau. & Fl.
Pope (?), n. [AS. ppa, L. papa father, bishop. Cf. Papa, Papal.] 1. Any
ecclesiastic, esp. a bishop. [Obs.] Foxe.
2. The bishop of Rome, the head of the Roman Catholic Church. See Note
under Cardinal.