pop-popadv.int.n.adj.

Brit.

/ˈpɒpˌpɒp/, U.S.

/ˈpɑpˌpɑp/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: pop n.¹

Etymology: Reduplication of pop n.¹ With use as adverb compare earlier pop adv.

A. adv. (and int.)

Esp. of the firing of a gun or guns: with a repeated series of short abrupt explosive sounds. Also as int.: representing such sounds.

ΚΠ

1797 tr. G. C. A. Pigault-Lebrun Shrove-tide Child II. 213 Celestin cried out he saw a flock of antelopes, and pop pop he fired, turning his head and shutting his eyes.

1847 H. Miller First Impressions Eng. xiv. 273 Pop pop!—they went off beautifully, and sent their bullets through an inch board.

1928 V. Woolf Writer's Diary 22 Mar. (1953) 124 A rabbit that passes across a shooting gallery, and one's friends go pop-pop.

2003 Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Nexis) 12 Mar. b1 ‘They went pop-pop,’ one young man with a baseball cap said, recalling the sounds of police gunfire.

B. n.

A repeated series of short abrupt explosive sounds, esp. of a gun or guns being fired.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > explosive sound > [noun] > popping sound > series

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1861 Harper's Mag. Aug. 364/1 Yea, sometimes in the very midst of his lessons, the pop-pop told that somehow one of the big guns had discharged its twin wads.

1906 R. Kipling Puck of Pook's Hill 284 The incessant pop-pop of the guns from the lower woods.

1957 J. Frame Owls do Cry 29 Sometimes the coal makes a pop-pop.

1985 R. Carver Fires 151 He heard the pop-pop of shots.

2000 M. Johnson Drop ii. 107 Gunshot ghosts thundered in the distance, reminding me again that storms got closer... Eventually the pop-pop would catch up to me.

C. adj.

That makes such a series of sounds; popping.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > explosive sound > [adjective] > popping sound > series

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pop-pop1951

1951 J. Frame Lagoon 10 The pop~pop boats we used to whizz round in the bath on Christmas morning.

1988 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 6 Apr. c1 All I hear is a pop-pop sound. It doesn't hurt me.

2004 Evening Chron. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 18 June 7 For a start, you get a genuine 1.1-litre four-cylinder 16-valve engine, so it's not a pop-pop machine.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pop-pop
释义	pop-popadv.int.n.adj. Brit. /ˈpɒpˌpɒp/, U.S. /ˈpɑpˌpɑp/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: pop n.¹ Etymology: Reduplication of pop n.¹ With use as adverb compare earlier pop adv. A. adv. (and int.) Esp. of the firing of a gun or guns: with a repeated series of short abrupt explosive sounds. Also as int.: representing such sounds. ΚΠ 1797 tr. G. C. A. Pigault-Lebrun Shrove-tide Child II. 213 Celestin cried out he saw a flock of antelopes, and pop pop he fired, turning his head and shutting his eyes. 1847 H. Miller First Impressions Eng. xiv. 273 Pop pop!—they went off beautifully, and sent their bullets through an inch board. 1928 V. Woolf Writer's Diary 22 Mar. (1953) 124 A rabbit that passes across a shooting gallery, and one's friends go pop-pop. 2003 Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Nexis) 12 Mar. b1 ‘They went pop-pop,’ one young man with a baseball cap said, recalling the sounds of police gunfire. B. n. A repeated series of short abrupt explosive sounds, esp. of a gun or guns being fired. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > explosive sound > [noun] > popping sound > series pop-pop1861 1861 Harper's Mag. Aug. 364/1 Yea, sometimes in the very midst of his lessons, the pop-pop told that somehow one of the big guns had discharged its twin wads. 1906 R. Kipling Puck of Pook's Hill 284 The incessant pop-pop of the guns from the lower woods. 1957 J. Frame Owls do Cry 29 Sometimes the coal makes a pop-pop. 1985 R. Carver Fires 151 He heard the pop-pop of shots. 2000 M. Johnson Drop ii. 107 Gunshot ghosts thundered in the distance, reminding me again that storms got closer... Eventually the pop-pop would catch up to me. C. adj. That makes such a series of sounds; popping. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > explosive sound > [adjective] > popping sound > series popplingc1400 pop-pop1951 1951 J. Frame Lagoon 10 The pop~pop boats we used to whizz round in the bath on Christmas morning. 1988 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 6 Apr. c1 All I hear is a pop-pop sound. It doesn't hurt me. 2004 Evening Chron. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 18 June 7 For a start, you get a genuine 1.1-litre four-cylinder 16-valve engine, so it's not a pop-pop machine. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.int.n.adj.1797
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