pop

enjoying widespread favor or approval uninterested in the pop fiction that most of the other publishing houses happily churned out Synonyms big, crowd-pleasing, du jour, faddish, faddy, fashionable, favorite, happening, hot, in, large, modish, popular, popularized, red-hot, vogue, voguishRelated Words semipopular; favorite, preferred, selected; desirable, liked, wanted; celebrated, famed, famous, noted, notorious, prominent, renowned, well-known; fabled, fabulous, legendary; leading, notable, outstanding, prominent, remarkable; important, significantNear Antonyms washed-up; despised, detested, disliked, hated, rejected; insignificant, unimportant; indistinguished, unexceptional; anonymous, nameless, obscure, unknown; inconspicuousAntonyms out, unfashionable, unpopular

a loud explosive sound the soda can opened with a sharp pop Synonyms bang, blast, boom, crack, crash, pop, report, slam, smash, snap, thunderclap, thwack, whack, whomp, whumpRelated Words thunk, wham; clang, clangor, clank, clash; knock, rap, tap; blare, clamor, howl, hubbub, hue and cry, hullabaloo, outcry, roar, tumult, uproar

a male human parent ask your pop if he knows where the keys to the shed are Synonyms dad, daddy, old man, pa, papa (also poppa), pater [chiefly British], pop, sireRelated Words paterfamilias, patriarch; father figure, father image; stepfather

1 to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure a balloon popped suddenly and startled us all Synonyms blow, blow up, burst, crump, detonate, go off, explodeRelated Words fragment, shatter, smash, splinter; discharge, fire, shoot; balloon, burgeon (also bourgeon), mushroomNear Antonyms collapse, fizzleAntonyms implode

2 to break suddenly with an explosive sound the last strand popped, causing the chandelier to drop to the floor with a great crash Synonyms crack, snapRelated Words rend, rive, split; crackle, hiss, sizzle, sputter; burst, explode, shatter; clack, clatter, click

3 to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive popping popcorn over a campfire Synonyms blow, blow up, burst, demolish, explode, blast, shatter, smashRelated Words dynamite; annihilate, decimate, destroy; ruin, wreck; detonate, discharge; fragment, splinterNear Antonyms collapse, implode

4 to strike with a missile from a gun went into the woods hoping to pop the rabbit that was eating our vegetables Synonyms drill, gun, plug, shootRelated Words blow away, bring down, drop, pick off, shoot down; blaze, pepper, potshot, snipe (at); blast (at), fire (at); pistol, shotgun; machine-gun, tommy-gun; croak [slang], destroy, dispatch, do in, fell, ice [slang], kill, slay; annihilate, blot out, butcher, decimate, massacre, slaughter, wipe out