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pop- in Comb.
[Cf. pop v.1, n.1]
Usually the verb in combination with a n. or adv., meaning something that pops, or that which pops in some way; rarely the n. or adv.: pop-beer, ginger-beer or some other aerated drink; pop-bottle, a bottle for an aerated drink; pop-call U.S., a sudden or unexpected visit; popcorked a., provided with a cork which pops when drawn; pop-dock, pop-glove, the Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea); pop-eye, an out-starting, bulging, prominent eye (cf. pop-eyed a.); pop-hole, a hole in a hedge, fence, etc., through which animals can pass; pop-in, a drink composed of beer into which a small proportion of whisky or brandy is ‘popped’; † pop-mouth, a mouth able to utter an exclamation with a sharp outburst; pop-off, (a) the discharge of fire-arms; (b) used attrib. to designate a safety valve which operates with a pop; pop-rivet, a kind of tubular rivet used for fastenings where only one side of the work is accessible, and which is inserted into the hole and then clinched by the action of withdrawing a central mandrel; hence as v. trans.; pop-riveting vbl. n.; pop safety valve = pop-valve; pop-shooter = popgunner; pop-top U.S. = ring-opener (ring n.1 19); also attrib.; hence pop-topping vbl. n.; pop-valve, a spring-loaded safety valve designed to open or close very rapidly at a predetermined pressure; pop-weed, a provincial name of the Bladderwort.
1887C. D. Warner Their Pilgrimage (1888) ii. 40 Shooting-galleries, *pop-beer and cigar shops, restaurants, [etc.]. 1900Ade Fables in Slang 28 More than once he had let drive with a pop bottle at the umpire.
1921A. G. Empey Madonna of Hills 2 The occasional noise of an empty ‘*pop’ bottle kicked over under the seats, indicated the audience was restless. 1946C. Himes Black on Black (1973) 259, I looked around and saw cases of pop bottles stacked against the wall. 1971Country Life 23 Dec. 1788/1 That cherished book, its olive green covers carefully clothed in brown paper as a safeguard against pop-bottle rings.
1941W. C. Handy Father of Blues (1957) iii. 27 The *pop-calls of policemen dropping in to catch vagrants. 1974News & Reporter (Chester, S. Carolina) 24 Apr. 4-b/8 Mr. and Mrs. Mark Winchester from Charlotte made ‘pop calls’ at the Fergusons, W. C. Gladdens, and Countermans.
1922Joyce Ulysses 260 Pat paid for diner's *popcorked bottle: and over tumbler tray and popcorked bottle ere he went he whispered.
1878Britten & Holland Plant-n., *Pop Dock, Digitalis purpurea.—Cornw...from the habit of children to inflate and burst the flower.
1828A. Royall Black Bk. II. 377 But the lawyer..is a shrimp in size, a sallow complexion, small face, and little blue *pop eyes. 1885‘C. E. Craddock’ Prophet Gt. Smoky Mts. ii. 45 He had wide pop-eyes, and long ears, and a rabbit-like aspect. 1887Pall Mall G. 29 June 13/2 She has the ‘pop eyes’ of a voluble talker.
1847–78Halliwell, *Pop-glove, the fox-glove. Cornw.
1944Living off Land ii. 30 Kangaroos, often hard to shoot, are fairly easy to snare in country where there are netting fences, as often their pads run alongside the fence to a spot where they either jump it or crawl through a ‘*pop⁓hole’. 1945‘G. Orwell’ Animal Farm i. 9 Mr Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the pop-holes. 1949D. M. Davin Roads from Home 159 ‘One thing I will say for a pop-hole,’ Paddy said, ‘once you've found it you're pretty well set. They always make for it.’ 1963Times 14 Jan. 13/2 They [sc. pigs] get two-thirds of their food outside, having free access through a pop-hole, the rest they forage for in the litter.
1748Smollett Rod. Rand. vi, A liquor called *pop-in, composed by mixing a quartern of brandy with a quart of small beer. 1870J. K. Hunter Life Stud. Charac. 273 A ‘gang o' pap-in’ was the order.
1594Nashe Terrors of Nt. Wks. (Grosart) III. 270 Fellowes they were that had good big *pop mouths to crie Port a helme Saint George.
1843P. Hawker Diary (1893) II. 239 Not even the *pop-off of a Milford snob to be heard. 1944H. Kerwin Arc & Acetylene Welding ii. 6 Keep all pop-off valves on the [carbide] generator in good working order. 1977Brit. Jrnl. Anaesthesia XLIX. 71/1 There is a cooling coil and a safety pop-off valve, by which extra pressure is released and extra moisture in the circuit is expelled intermittently.
1932Air Ann. Brit. Empire 1932–33 396 The most interesting type of rivet which has been specially developed is a tubular rivet known as the *pop-rivet. 1953Flight 18 Sept. 410/2 A corrugated core is sandwiched between two skins, the outer skin being spot-welded and the inner skin pop-riveted to this core. 1967J. Mills Low-Cost Car Repairs xii. 243 Pop-rivets are easily and quickly drilled out in a matter of seconds. 1973P. Revere Do Your Own Car Body Repairs vii. 36 Any area to be pop riveted which is on a surface liable to to be seen, will have to be countersunk first. 1978Daily Tel. 18 Nov. 14/6 His 1924 version was the first all-steel aircraft produced in Britain and necessitated the now universally-used pop-rivet.
1934M. Langley Metal Aircraft Construction (ed. 2) ix. 309 Some very ingenious methods of tubular or ‘*pop’ riveting have been devised by the A.T.S. Co., Ltd., which..combines the patented processes for metal construction of the Armstrong-Whitworth, Boulton & Paul, and Gloster firms. 1973P. Revere Do Your Own Car Body Repairs vii. 37 The cost of a pop riveting gun is about a third the price of a new tyre.
1908G. F. Gebhardt Steam Power Plant Engin. xv. 598 (heading) Consolidated *pop safety valve. 1961F. A. S. Brown N. Gresley xvii. 123 One of the new ‘B12s’, No. 8579, was the subject of extensive rebuilding, and the opportunity was taken to mount a larger boiler..and a round-topped fire⁓box with pop safety valves.
1845P. Hawker Diary (1893) II. 258 To avoid the *popshooters.
1970Time 21 Sept. 60/3 Insert finger, tug and quaff: in those few seconds, the aluminium ring atop a *pop-top can of beer or soda fulfills its function. 1972Washington Post (Potomac Suppl.) 29 Oct. 15/3 Acres and acres of sweeping lawn without a styrofoam cup, a pop-top, [etc.]. 1977C. McFadden Serial (1978) xxxiii. 72/2 Joan snapped the pop top on the last can of beer.
1975Publishers Weekly 27 Jan. 42/3 (Advt.), *Pop-topping... New craft with pull-tabs from beverage cans.
[1881Engineering News 10 Sept. 362/2 The great peculiarity of the ‘Pop’ nickel-seated safety valve..is that by the use of a stricture the recoil action of the steam is made available to overcome the increased pressure of the spring on the valve-head as it rises.] 1884Knight Dict. Mech. Suppl. 778/1 To do away with the din of the steam escaping from ordinary locomotive *pop valves. 1908V. Pendred Railway Locomotive xxiv. 185 On some lines ‘Pop’ valves have been tried. They are so called, because instead of rising gradually as the pressure increases after they have begun to blow off, they lift suddenly with a ‘pop’ and blow off hard for a minute or so. 1927E. L. Ahrons Brit. Steam Railway Locomotive 1825–1925 xxiii. 364/2 Ramsbottom safety valves, though still used, are rapidly giving place to pop valves of the Ross pattern. 1968J. H. White Amer. Locomotives viii. 148 The Richardson valve was said to open more than twice as far as an ordinary safety valve. Because of its quick opening it became popularly known as the ‘pop’ valve.
1869Blackmore Lorna D. vii, I stuck awhile with my toe-balls on the slippery links of the *pop-weed. |