Pop noun [ Of imitative origin. Confer Poop .]
1. A small, sharp, quick explosive sound or report; as, to go off with a pop . Addison.

2. An unintoxicating beverage which expels the cork with a pop from the bottle containing it; as, ginger pop ; lemon pop , etc. Hood.

3. (Zoology) The European redwing. [ Prov. Eng.]

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 intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Popped ; present participle & verbal noun 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 transitive verb
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 adverb Like a pop; suddenly; unexpectedly. " Pop goes his plate." Beau. & Fl.

Pope noun [ Anglo-Saxon pāpa , Latin papa father, bishop. Confer Papa , Papal .]
1. Any ecclesiastic, esp. a bishop. [ Obsolete] Foxe.

2. The bishop of Rome, the head of the Roman Catholic Church. See Note under Cardinal .

3. A parish priest, or a chaplain, of the Greek Church.

4. (Zoology) A fish; the ruff.

Pope Joan , a game at cards played on a round board with compartments. -- Pope's eye , the gland surrounded with fat in the middle of the thigh of an ox or sheep. R. D. Blackmore. -- Pope's nose , the rump, or uropygium, of a bird. See Uropygium .

Pope's head A long-handled brush for dusting ceilings, etc., also for washing windows. [ Cant]

Popedom noun [ Anglo-Saxon pāpedōm .]
1. The place, office, or dignity of the pope; papal dignity. Shak.

2. The jurisdiction of the pope.

Popeling noun
1. A petty or deputy pope.

2. An adherent of the pope. [ R.] Marlowe.

Popelote noun A word variously explained as "a little puppet," "a little doll," or "a young butterfly." Confer Popet . [ Obsolete]

So gay a popelote , so sweet a wench.

Chaucer.

Popery noun The religion of the Roman Catholic Church, comprehending doctrines and practices; -- generally used in an opprobrious sense.

Popet noun A puppet. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Popgun noun A child's gun; a tube and rammer for shooting pellets, with a popping noise, by compression of air.

Popinjay noun [ Middle English popingay , papejay , Old French papegai , papegaut ; confer Pr. papagai , Spanish & Portuguese papagayo , Italian pappagallo , LGr. ..., NGr. ...; in which the first syllables are perhaps imitative of the bird's chatter, and the last either from Latin gallus cock, or the same word as English jay , French geai . Confer Papagay .]

1. (Zoology) (a) The green woodpecker. (b) A parrot.

The pye and popyngay speak they know not what.

Tyndale.

2. A target in the form of a parrot. [ Scot.]

3. A trifling, chattering, fop or coxcomb. "To be so pestered with a popinjay ." Shak.

Popish adjective Of or pertaining to the pope; taught or ordained by the pope; hence, of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church; -- often used opprobriously. -- Pop"ish*ly , adverb -- Pop"ish*ness , noun

Poplar noun [ Middle English popler , Old French poplier , French peuplier , from Latin populus poplar.] (Botany)
1. Any tree of the genus Populus ; also, the timber, which is soft, and capable of many uses.

» The aspen poplar is Populus tremula and P. tremuloides ; Balsam poplar is P. balsamifera ; Lombardy poplar ( P. dilatata ) is a tall, spiry tree; white poplar is Populus alba .

2. The timber of the tulip tree; -- called also white poplar . [ U.S.]

Poplexy noun Apoplexy. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Poplin noun [ French popeline , papeline .] A fabric of many varieties, usually made of silk and worsted, -- used especially for women's dresses.

Irish poplin , a fabric with silk warp and worsted weft, made in Ireland.

Popliteal adjective [ From Latin poples , -itis , the ham.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the ham; in the region of the ham, or behind the knee joint; as, the popliteal space.

Poplitic adjective (Anat.) Popliteal.

Popovtsy noun plural [ Russian , prop., those having popes or priests.] See Raskolnik .

Popper noun A utensil for popping corn, usually a wire basket with a long handle.

Popper noun A dagger. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Poppet noun
1. See Puppet .

2. (Nautical) One of certain upright timbers on the bilge ways, used to support a vessel in launching. Totten.

3. (Machinery) An upright support or guide fastened at the bottom only.

Poppet head , Puppet head . See Headstock (a) .

Poppied adjective [ See 1st Poppy .]
1. Mingled or interspersed with poppies. " Poppied corn." Keats.

2. Affected with poppy juice; hence, figuratively, drugged; drowsy; listless; inactive. [ R.]

The poppied sails doze on the yard.

Lowell.

Popping adjective & noun from Pop .

Popping crease . (Cricket) See under Crease .

Popple intransitive verb [ Confer Pop .] To move quickly up and down; to bob up and down, as a cork on rough water; also, to bubble. Cotton.

Popple noun
1. The poplar. [ Prov. Eng. & Local, U. S.]

2. Tares. [ Obsolete] "To sow popple among wheat." Bale.

Poppy noun ; plural Poppies . [ Middle English popy , Anglo-Saxon popig , Latin papaver .] (Botany) Any plant or species of the genus Papaver , herbs with showy polypetalous flowers and a milky juice. From one species ( Papaver somniferum ) opium is obtained, though all the species contain it to some extent; also, a flower of the plant. See Illust. of Capsule .

California poppy (Botany) , any yellow- flowered plant of the genus Eschscholtzia . -- Corn poppy . See under Corn . -- Horn , or Horned , poppy . See under Horn . -- Poppy bee (Zoology) , a leaf-cutting bee ( Anthocopa papaveris ) which uses pieces cut from poppy petals for the lining of its cells; -- called also upholsterer bee . -- Prickly poppy (Botany) , Argemone Mexicana , a yellow-flowered plant of the Poppy family, but as prickly as a thistle. -- Poppy seed , the seed the opium poppy ( P. somniferum ). -- Spatling poppy (Botany) , a species of Silene ( S. inflata ). See Catchfly .

Poppy, Poppyhead noun [ French poupée doll, puppet. See Puppet .] (Architecture) A raised ornament frequently having the form of a final. It is generally used on the tops of the upright ends or elbows which terminate seats, etc., in Gothic churches.

Populace noun [ French populace , from Italian popolaccio , popolazzo , from popolo people, Latin populus . See People .] The common people; the vulgar; the multitude, -- comprehending all persons not distinguished by rank, office, education, or profession. Pope.

To . . . calm the peers and please the populace .

Daniel.

They . . . call us Britain's barbarous populaces .

Tennyson.

Syn. -- Mob; people; commonalty.

Populacy noun Populace. [ Obsolete] Feltham.

Popular adjective [ Latin popularis , from populus people: confer French populaire . See People .]
1. Of or pertaining to the common people, or to the whole body of the people, as distinguished from a select portion; as, the popular voice; popular elections. " Popular states." Bacon. "So the popular vote inclines." Milton.

The men commonly held in popular estimation are greatest at a distance.

J. H. Newman.

2. Suitable to common people; easy to be comprehended; not abstruse; familiar; plain.

Homilies are plain popular instructions.

Hooker.

3. Adapted to the means of the common people; possessed or obtainable by the many; hence, cheap; common; ordinary; inferior; as, popular prices; popular amusements.

The smallest figs, called popular figs, . . . are, of all others, the basest and of least account.

Holland.

4. Beloved or approved by the people; pleasing to people in general, or to many people; as, a popular preacher; a popular law; a popular administration.

5. Devoted to the common people; studious of the favor of the populace. [ R.]

Such popular humanity is treason.

Addison.

6. Prevailing among the people; epidemic; as, a popular disease. [ Obsolete] Johnson.

Popular action (Law) , an action in which any person may sue for penalty imposed by statute. Blackstone.

Populares noun plural [ Latin ] The people or the people's party, in ancient Rome, as opposed to the optimates .

Popularity noun ; plural Popularities . [ Latin popularitas an effort to please the people: confer French popularité .]
1. The quality or state of being popular; especially, the state of being esteemed by, or of being in favor with, the people at large; good will or favor proceeding from the people; as, the popularity of a law, statesman, or a book.

A popularity which has lasted down to our time.

Macaulay.

2. The quality or state of being adapted or pleasing to common, poor, or vulgar people; hence, cheapness; inferiority; vulgarity.

This gallant laboring to avoid popularity falls into a habit of affectation.

B. Jonson.

3. Something which obtains, or is intended to obtain, the favor of the vulgar; claptrap.

Popularities , and circumstances which . . . sway the ordinary judgment.

Bacon.

4. The act of courting the favor of the people. [ Obsolete] "Indicted . . . for popularity and ambition." Holland.

5. Public sentiment; general passion. [ R.]

A little time be allowed for the madness of popularity to cease.

Bancroft.

Popularization noun The act of making popular, or of introducing among the people.

Popularize transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Popularized ; present participle & verbal noun Popularizing .] [ Confer French populariser .] To make popular; to make suitable or acceptable to the common people; to make generally known; as, to popularize philosophy. "The popularizing of religious teaching." Milman.

Popularizer noun One who popularizes.

Popularly adverb In a popular manner; so as to be generally favored or accepted by the people; commonly; currently; as, the story was popularity reported.

The victor knight,
Bareheaded, popularly low had bowed.

Dryden.

Popularness noun The quality or state of being popular; popularity. Coleridge.

Populate adjective [ Latin populus people. See People .] Populous. [ Obsolete] Bacon.

Populate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Populated ; present participle & verbal noun Populating .] To furnish with inhabitants, either by natural increase or by immigration or colonization; to cause to be inhabited; to people.

Populate intransitive verb To propagate. [ Obsolete]

Great shoals of people which go on to populate .

Bacon.

Population noun [ Latin populatio : confer French population .]
1. The act or process of populating; multiplication of inhabitants.

2. The whole number of people, or inhabitants, in a country, or portion of a country; as, a population of ten millions.

Populator noun One who populates.

Populicide noun [ Latin populus people + caedere to kill.] Slaughter of the people. [ R.]

Populin noun [ Latin populus poplar: confer French populine .] (Chemistry) A glycoside, related to salicin, found in the bark of certain species of the poplar ( Populus ), and extracted as a sweet white crystalline substance.

Populism noun (U. S. Politics) The political doctrines advocated by the People's party.

Populist noun [ Latin populus people + -ist .] (U. S. Politics) A member of the People's party. -- Pop`u*lis"tic adjective

Populosity noun [ Latin populositas : confer French populosité .] Populousness. [ Obsolete]

Populous adjective [ Latin populosus , from populus people: confer French populeux .]
1. Abounding in people; full of inhabitants; containing many inhabitants in proportion to the extent of the country.

Heaven, yet populous , retains
Number sufficient to possess her realms.

Milton.

2. Popular; famous. [ Obsolete] J. Webster.

3. Common; vulgar. [ Obsolete] Arden of Feversham.

4. Numerous; in large number. [ Obsolete] "The dust . . . raised by your populous troops." Shak.

-- Pop"u*lous*ly , adverb -- Pop"u*lous*ness , noun