Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Popping"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Pop \Pop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Popped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Popping \Pop"ping\,
a. & n. from {Pop}.

{Popping crease}. (Cricket) See under {Crease}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

popping
n : a sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork
[syn: {pop}]

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