pop-out

[ pop-out ]

noun

Origin of pop-out

First recorded in 1960–65; noun use of verb phrase pop out

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The airline industry objects that sometimes these deployable recorders can pop out without cause, spreading needless alarm.
Red Tape and Black Boxes: Why We Keep ‘Losing’ Airliners in 2014 | Clive Irving | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
So the discs get all floppy, swollen, pop out left, pop out right.
Why Is Louis C.K. So Funny? He Uses Humor as a Moral Compass. | Andrew Romano | May 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
You have to wonder what happens before these astounding reversals pop out of the mouths of Malaysian officials.
Malaysia’s Sinister Timeline for Flight 370 Unravels | Clive Irving | March 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Gil Norton took this quirky thing that was small, then became big and frantic, and kind of brought the pop out of it.
The Pixies Talk About Their Reunion, New Music and a Missing Band Member | Andrew Romano | September 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
His detractors demanded he pop out the Intel chip in his communication tablet and be silenced forever.
What Hawking and Jerusalem Day Have in Common | Maysoon Zayid | May 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST

This act made Mr. Noland's eyes fairly pop out of his head, while all the rest stood with open mouths.
Billy Whiskers' Adventures | Frances Trego Montgomery
Corney exclaimed; "for us to rush in one door, and have the bunch of kidnappers pop out another."
Fred Fenton on the Track | Allen Chapman
The words seemed to pop out of my mouth entirely of their own accord.
The Firefly Of France | Marion Polk Angellotti
Billy claims everything in this garden, and he thought they would grow up into the kind of buttons you pop out of a gun.
The Melting of Molly | Maria Thompson Daviess
Indeed, there was enough reason for him to stare as though his eyes would pop out of his head.
Chums of the Camp Fire | Lawrence J. Leslie

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