Pop

See also: pop, POP, and pöp

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /pɒp/
  • (US) IPA(key): /pɑp/

Etymology 1

Origin uncertain. The OED suggests either from (lolli)pop ("because the meetings were held in the rooms of Mrs Hatton, who kept the lollipop shop"), or from Latin popīna (“cookshop”). The second sense derives from the first.

Noun

Pop (plural Pops)

  1. A social club and debating society at Eton College.
  2. The body of college prefects.

Etymology 2

Shortened from popular (concert).

Noun

Pop (plural Pops)

  1. (also in plural) A popular classical music concert.
    • 1897, Bram Stoker Dracula, Chapter 5:
      As to the tall, curly-haired man, I suppose it was the one who was with me at the last Pop.

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔp/
  • Homophone: popp

Noun

Pop

  1. pop music

Further reading

  • Pop in Duden online
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