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POP OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Appear suddenly
Example:
Spring popped up everywhere in the valley
Synonyms:
burst out; pop out
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "pop out" is one way to...):
appear (come into sight or view)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Sense 2
Meaning:
Come out suddenly or forcefully
Example:
you stick a bill in the vending machine and the change pops out
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "pop out" is one way to...):
come forth; come out; egress; emerge; go forth; issue (come out of)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Sense 3
Meaning:
Exit briefly
Example:
He popped out for a quick coffee break
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "pop out" is one way to...):
exit; get out; go out; leave (move out of or depart from)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Antonym:
pop in (enter briefly)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Bulge outward
Example:
His eyes popped
Synonyms:
bug out; bulge; bulge out; come out; pop; pop out; protrude; start
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "pop out" is one way to...):
change form; change shape; deform (assume a different shape or form)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
