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popping

nounverbcommon in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈpɒpɪŋ//
  • United States//ˈpɑpɪŋ//
  • United States/[ˈpʰɑpɪ̈ŋ]/

The act or sound of something that pops.

noun

  1. 1

    The act or sound of something that pops.

    Poppings at various points along the spine may be noted, which may or may not have significance.

  2. 2

    A style of funk dance involving rapid contractions and relaxations of the muscles to switch between poses.

verb

  1. 1

    Also a form of poppresent participle and gerund of pop

Forms

plural
poppings
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).