In whales . . . an ejection thereof [water] is
contrived by a fistula, or spout, at the head. --Sir
T. Browne.
From silver spouts the grateful liquors glide.
--Pope.
2. A trough for conducting grain, flour, etc., into a
receptacle.
3. A discharge or jet of water or other liquid, esp. when
rising in a column; also, a waterspout.
{To put}, {shove}, or {pop}, {up the spout}, to pawn or
pledge at a pawnbroker's; -- in allusion to the spout up
which the pawnbroker sent the ticketed articles. [Cant]
He popped a paper into his hand. --Milton.
2. To cause to pop; to cause to burst open by heat, as grains
of Indian corn; as, to pop corn or chestnuts.
{To pop off}, to thrust away, or put off promptly; as, to pop
one off with a denial. --Locke.
{To pop the question}, to make an offer of marriage to a
lady. [Colloq.] --Dickens.
2. An unintoxicating beverage which expels the cork with a
pop from the bottle containing it; as, ginger pop; lemon
pop, etc. --Hood.
3. (Zo["o]l.) The European redwing. [Prov. Eng.]
{Pop corn}.
(a) Corn, or maize, of peculiar excellence for popping;
especially, a kind the grains of which are small and
compact.
(b) Popped corn; which has been popped.
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.