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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork [syn: pop, popping]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pop 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Popping Pop"ping, a. & n. from Pop. Popping crease. (Cricket) See under Crease.

Moby Thesaurus

banging, blasting, bursting, busy, cracking, crashing, exploding, explosive, flapping, fussy, hopping, humming, hustling, knocking, lively, rapping, slapping, slatting, tapping