pops

[ pops ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

of or relating to a symphony orchestra specializing in popular or light classical music:
Thursday is pops night on the concert series.

Pops, (used with a singular verb) a symphony orchestra specializing in popular and light classical music:
When you're in Boston be sure to hear the Pops.

Origin of pops¹

First recorded in 1955–60; pop ²

Behind a chorus of shrill insects, the pops of gunfire can sometimes be heard in the distance.

There have also been instances during this air war when combat aircraft are not available in time to strike a target that pops up.

He pops from the screen as a charismatic, occasionally messianic “human prism,” as Moss calls him.

As Dre mulled over how to talk to Andre Jr. (Marcus Scribner) about sex, Pops appeared while his son was stretching.

It was the July 1996 issue of the British music magazine Top of the Pops which gave the girls their monikers.

I touch a button an' out pops a bottle iv Bourbon that wud make ye'er eyes dance.

Jack pops up with a white handkerchief in one hand and stretches his arms over the pair in front of his box.

A questing Pompilus comes upon the scene, finds the game to her liking and pops in her head at the entrance of the cell.

There are plenty more to bag; but in bagging the next lot I'd advise you to keep your pops ready.

The air valve is first opened or the spring tension reduced to a point where the engine misfires or pops back in the carburetor.

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