Dictionary: POP – POQ

► POP adv. 1942 Amer. sl. – suddenly (Bk.)
n. 1. a breaking of wind → 1736 Sc.
n. 2. an effervescing drink → 1812 sl.
n. 3. a quick, light touch; a tap, a rap; a swift blow → 1825 Sc.
n. 4. father → 1838 sl.
n. 5. a minute quantity of a substance; a speck, a dot, a particle, a drop → 1868 Sc.
n. 6. an impediment in speech, a stammer → 1929 Sc.
n. 7. an injection of a narcotic drug → 1935 sl.
n. 8. a term of address to an old man → 1943 sl., orig. US
n. 9. speed, performance; said of an automobile → 2023 US sl.
vb. 1. to touch or strike lightly and smartly; to tap, to rap, to knock → 1702 Sc.
vb. 2. to pawn → 1731 Brit. sl.
vb. 3. to propose marriage → M18 sl.
vb. 4. to fall or drop with a quick, light sound; to plop → 1791 Sc.
vb. 5. to beat, to drub, to belabour, to chastise → 1822 Sc.
vb. 6. to kill deliberately → 1824 sl.
vb. 7. to throw or shoot a missile; to aim or impel an object → 1827 Sc.
vb. 8. to strike with a missile, to pelt → 1894 Sc.
vb. 9. to take a narcotic drug; to inject a drug into a blood vessel → 1956 sl.
vb. 10. to pay for, to treat → 1959 African-American sl.
vb. 11. to provide without payment → 1970 sl.
► POP AIR vb. to leave the ground → 1992 Amer. sl.
► POP A NUT vb. 1. to feel happy or satisfied; to be delighted → 1950 sl.
vb. 2. to bring someone to orgasm → 1978 sl.
► POP-BUGGY n. an old car that has been fixed up to make it go fast or make a lot of noise → 1965 Amer. dial.
► POP CAKES vb. to vomit → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► POP-CRACKER n. a firecracker → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► POPE’S NOSE n. the fatty extremity of a fowl’s rump → 1796
► POPE’S TELEPHONE NUMBER n. Vat 69 whisky → 1900 sl.
► POPEYED adj. 1. drunk → 1930 sl.
adj. 2. regrettable, bad → 1930 sl.
► POP FOR vb. 1. to pay for, to treat → 1950 African-American sl.
vb. 2. to provide without payment → 1970 sl.
► POP GOES THE WEASEL n. diesel → 20C rhyming sl
► POPINATION n. an outrageous drinking; the practice of frequenting taverns → 1623 obs.
► POPINGOE n. a parrot → 1861 Sc. obs.
► POPINJAY n. a fop → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► POP IN THE PAN n. a blow in the face → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► POP IT vb. to propose marriage → M18 sl.
► POP IT IN vb. to enter a woman, or, in gay use, a man; to have sexual intercourse → M19 sl.
► POP IT IN THE TOASTER vb. to have anal intercourse → 1980 US homosexual sl.
► POP IT ON vb. 1. to ask for more, esp. when raising a commodity’s price → L19 sl.
vb. 2. to make a bet → 1900 sl.
► POP JUNK vb. to gossip → 1940 US sl.
► POPLA n. beer → 1970 S. Afr. sl.
► POPLAR n. 1. porridge → M16 UK criminals’ sl.
n. 2. beer → 1970 S. Afr. sl.
► POPLARS ► POPLERS n. porridge → M16 UK criminals’ sl.
► POPLARS OF YARRUM n. milk porridge → M16 UK criminals’ sl.
► POP NINE n. a 9mm pistol → 1990 sl.
► PO-PO n. 1. a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather → 1965 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a prison officer → 1980 US prison sl.
n. 3. the police → 1980 African-American sl.
► POPO n. the buttocks → 1950 US sl.
► POP-OFF n. 1. a brash or boastful person → 1930 US sl.
n. 2. a brash or boastful statement → 1930 US sl.
n. 3. any form of comment → 1930 US sl.
n. 4. an informer → 1930 US sl.
n. 5. the proceeds of some form of illegal deal or racket, a reduction in price, e.g. on stolen goods → 1940 W. Indies sl.
n. 6. a hasty or unceremonious departure → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 7. a death, a killing → 1950 US sl.
n. 8. the act of reaching for a firearm → 1990 W. Indies sl.
(verbs as ‘pop off’)
vb. 1. to die → 1764 sl.
vb. 2. to depart → 19C sl.
vb. 3. to make a fuss about → 19C sl.
vb. 4. to kill deliberately → 1824 sl.
vb. 5. to speak hastily or angrily; to talk in an aggressive, threatening manner → 1914 US colloq.
vb. 6. to rant; to criticize → 1915 World War I Amer. sl.
vb. 7. to confess, to tell the truth → 1920 sl.
vb. 8. to joke → 1930 sl.
vb. 9. to achieve male orgasm; hence, fig. to feel exhilarated → 1950 sl., orig. US
vb. 10. to brag, to boast → 1960 sl.
vb. 11. to happen; to start → 1990 sl.
► POP OFF AT THE MOUTH vb. 1. to make a fuss about → 19C sl.
vb. 2. to confess, to tell the truth → 1920 sl.
vb. 3. to joke → 1930 sl.
vb. 4. to talk in an aggressive, threatening manner → 1930 sl.
vb. 5. to brag, to boast → 1960 sl.
vb. 6. to criticize → 1980 sl.
► POP OFF THE HANDLE vb. to reject, to dismiss → M19 US sl.
► POP OFF THE HOOKS vb. 1. to die → 1842 Amer. sl.
vb. 2. to exit; to vanish → 1930 US sl.
► POP ONE’S BUTTONS vb. to swell with pride → 1981 Amer. sl.
► POP ONE’S CAKE(S) vb. to vomit → 1927 US sl.
► POP ONE’S CAP vb. to feel depressed; to suffer pain → 1950 African-American sl.
► POP ONE’S CLOGS vb. to die → 1970 sl.
► POP ONE’S COLLAR vb. to have a conversation → 2000 African-American sl.
► POP ONE’S COOKIES vb. 1. to vomit → 1920 US sl.
vb. 2. to reach orgasm → 2000 sl.
► POP ONE’S CORK vb. 1. to lose one’s temper; to lose patience → 1950 sl.
vb. 2. to masturbate → 1960 sl.
vb. 3. to surrender sexually, to come to orgasm → 1960 sl.
► POP ONE’S DRAWERS vb. 1. to get very excited → 1970 sl.
vb. 2. to have an orgasm → 1970 sl.
► POP ONE’S GIZZARD STRING vb. to exert great effort, to do one’s utmost, to try very hard to do something → 1928 Amer. dial.
► POP ONE’S NUT vb. to achieve male orgasm; hence, fig. to feel exhilarated → 1950 sl., orig. US
► POP ONE’S NUTS vb. 1. to achieve male orgasm → 1920 sl., orig. US
vb. 2. to be exhilarated by anything → 1950 sl.
vb. 3. to die → 1970 sl.
► POP ONE’S PETER vb. to masturbate → 1990 US sl.
► POP ONE’S ROCKS vb. 1. to become excited; to lose emotional control; lit. to ejaculate → 1960 US sl.
vb. 2. to die → 1970 sl.
► POP ONE’S WAD vb. to achieve male orgasm → 1970 US sl.
► POP-OUT n. a jeer, a ridicule → 1920 sl.
vb. (as ‘pop out’) to depart hurriedly → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► POPPA n. 1. father → 1897 orig. US
n. 2. a boyfriend → 1920 sl.
n. 3. a term of address between men → 1940 sl.
n. 4. a fellow lesbian → 1970 US homosexual sl.
► POPPA COW n. a bull → 1955 Amer. euphemism
► POPPA LARGE n. an important, influential figure → 1990 African-American teen & East coast sl.
► POPPA-LOPPA n. 1. despicable or contemptible person; a motherfucker → 1930 African-American sl.
n. 2. a man; also, an intimate term of address → 1930 African-American sl.
n. 3. an older man who still possesses his faculties and strength → 1930 African-American sl.
► POPPA-STOPPA n. 1. a despicable or contemptible person; a motherfucker → 1930 African-American sl.
n. 2. a man; also, an intimate term of address → 1930 African-American sl.
n. 3. an older man who still possesses his faculties and strength → 1930 African-American sl.
► POPPAW n. a grandfather; rarely, a father or stepfather → 1962 Amer. dial.
► POPPED adj. 1. shot → 20C sl.
adj. 2. arrested; sometimes applied to someone caught with illegal drugs in their possession → 1960 US sl.
adj. 3. in a difficult situation → 1980 US students’ sl.
► POPPED OFF adj. dead → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► POPPED OFF THE HOOKS adj. dead → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► POPPED OUT adj. intoxicated with a drug → 1940 sl.
► POPPED UP adj. drunk → 1960 sl.
► POPPELARS n. porridge → M16 UK criminals’ sl.
► POPPER n. 1. a father → L19, orig. US
n. 2. a boyfriend → 1920 sl.
n. 3. an intravenous drug user → 1930 drug culture sl.
n. 4. an injection → 1930 drug culture sl.
n. 5. someone who takes drugs in pill form → 1936 sl., orig. US
n. 6. a term of address between men → 1940 sl.
n. 7. a capsule of amyl nitrate, or isobutyl nitrate, taken as a stimulant drug → 1967 sl., orig. US
n. 8. a fellow lesbian → 1970 US homosexual sl.
n. 9. a gunman → 2000 sl.
► POPPERS n. the fingers → 1940 African-American sl.
► POPPET n. a term of endearment, esp. to a child → 1849 sl.
► POPPIN’ adj. occasional, casual, turning or popping up by chance → 1900 Sc.
n. the act of beating, a whipping, a drubbing → 1866 Sc.
► POPPING n. 1. spending money recklessly and enthusiastically → 1940 African-American sl.
n. 2. going to parties → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► POPPINODDLES n. a boyish term for a somersault → 1867 Eng. dial.
► POPPLE n. a bubble, as in a cooking pot → 1827 Sc.
vb. 1. to bubble, as boiling water → 1705 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 2. of persons: to be in an overheated state; to stream with perspiration → 1808 Sc.
vb. 3. to boil with rage or indignation; to seethe with anger; to be extremely excited → 1897 Sc.
► POP-POP n. 1. a motorcycle → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
n. 2. a hole in one’s sock or stocking → 1940 Irish sl.
n. 3. a machine gun → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 4. the noise of a gun being fired → 1990 African-American teen sl.
► POPPY n. 1. opium → M19 drug culture sl.
n. 2. a father → L19, orig. US
n. 3. heroin → 1930 drug culture sl.
n. 4. a hole in one’s sock or stocking → 1940 Irish sl.
n. 5. money → 1943 sl.
n. 6. a potato → 1990 Irish sl.
► POPPYCOCK int. nonsense! it is ridiculous → 1852 colloq.
n. nonsense, rubbish → 1852 colloq.
► POPPYHEAD n. an opium addict → 1950 US drug culture sl.
► POPPY LOVE n. an elderly Jewish man → 1980 African-American sl.
► POPPY-SHOW adj. foolish, ridiculous → L19  W. Indies
(nouns as ‘poppy show’)
n. 1. an inadvertent display of one’s underclothes, orig. those made of red or brown flannel → L19  sl.
n. 2. foolishness, showing off → 20C W. Indies sl.
n. 3.  one who makes a stupid exhibition of themselves → 20C W. Indies sl.
vb. to make a fool of someone → L19  W. Indies
► POP QUIZ n. a surprise test → 1960 US students’ sl.
► P.O. PRUNE n. a personification of stupidity and incompetence → 1895 Royal Air Force sl.
► POPS n. 1. pocket-pistols → M19  sl.
n. 2. a term of address between men, usually from a younger man to an older one → 1920 sl., orig. African-American
n. 3. one’s father → 1928 sl.
► POPSEE n. a woman, usually one who is young and attractive → M19  sl.
► POP SHIT vb. to boast; to talk nonsense → 1960 sl.
► POP-SHOP n. a pawnshop → 1772 Brit. sl.
► POP SHOT n. in a pornographic film: the shot in which a male actor ejaculates → 1990 sl.
► POPSICLE n. the penis → 1980 US homosexual sl.
► POPSICLE STAND n. 1. wherever one is currently situated → 1970 US students’ sl.
n. 2. a dormitory → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► POPSIE n. 1. a young woman; a girlfriend; a sexually attractive young woman → 1862 sl.
n. 2. a sugar daddy → 1910 US sl.
► POPSKULL n. 1. poor-quality drink; illicitly distilled whisky → 1867 Amer. sl.
n. 2. any form of strong drink → 1940 sl.
► POP SOMEONE’S COOKIES vb. to induce orgasm in someone → 1972 Amer. sl.
► POP SOMEONE’S CORK vb. to deflower anally → 1970 US homosexual sl.
► POP-SQUIRT n. 1. a pert, conceited man of small physique; an insignificant, pretentious fellow → 1905 Amer. dial.
n. 2. any kind of squirt gun → 1905 Amer. dial.
► POP STYLE vb. of a woman: to walk in a provocative manner or to act stylishly → 1950 W. Indies sl.
► POPSY n. a young woman; a girlfriend; a sexually attractive young woman → 1862 sl.
► POPSY-WOPSY n. 1. a term of endearment for a girl → 1887
n. 2. a smiling, doll-like, attractive girl → L19 sl.
► POP TEST n. a surprise test → 1960 US students’ sl.
► POP THE QUESTION vb. to propose marriage → M18 sl.
► POP THE SOCKS OFF vb. to cause a girl to have an orgasm → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► POP TO vb. to pay for, to treat → 1950 African-American sl.
► POP TOPS vb. to drink beer → 1980 US students’ sl.
► POPULAR adj. 1. conceited → M19 sl.
adj. 2. good, as ‘a popular pie’ → L19 sl.
► POPULAR AS A PORK CHOP AT A JEWISH WEDDING phr. completely useless; superfluous; inappropriate → 1930 sl. 
► POPULAR AS A TURD IN THE FRUIT SALAD adj. extremely unpopular → 1990 Aust. sl. 
► POPULARITY n. vulgarity of speech → 1600 obs.
► POPULATION PASTE n. semen → M19 sl.
► POP UP vb. 1. to appear suddenly and surprisingly → 1660 
vb. 2. to create, to make happen, to cause → 1930 sl.
► POP VISIT n. a brief visit → E17 UK society usage
► POP WINE n. sweet wine with a low alcohol content → 20C US sl.
► P.O.Q.! int. go away! (Piss Off Quick) → 1910 Aust.