pop-topn.
/ˈpɒptɒp/, U.S. /ˈpɑpˌtɑp/ 1. Originally and chiefly U.S. A tab or ring pull for opening a tin, can, or other container. Also attributive: designating a container having a tab or ring-pull opening.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [noun] > action or process of opening > one who or that which opens > ring-pull
pop-top1957
pull tab1962
tab1963
ring opener1968
ring pull2005
1957 Press-Telegram (Long Beach, Calif.) 2 Oct. 28/7 Also among important new package news is the new Allsweet margarine ‘Pop Top’ carton coming in November.
1958 Chicago Tribune 7 Feb. iii. 13/5 The gold foil pop-top box has a pull tab that opens just wide enough to slide out one of the foil wrapped sticks of margarine.
1964 Oshkosh (Wisconsin) Daily Northwestern 6 Mar. 12 (advt.) Newest pop top from Old Milwaukee..self opening beer bottles!
1970 Time 21 Sept. 60/3 The aluminium ring atop a pop-top can of beer or soda.
1972 Washington Post 29 Oct. (Potomac section) 15/3 Acres and acres of sweeping lawn without a styrofoam cup, a pop-top, [etc.].
1993 B. Kingsolver Pigs in Heaven ii. xvii. 172 Turtle is collecting pop tops out of the dust and carefully bending the tab of each one into the ring of the next, making a chain.
2. A roof on a camper van which extends upwards to give greater headroom, and pushes down flat when the vehicle is being driven or stored (also pop-top roof). Also: a vehicle with such a roof.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > parts and equipment of vehicles generally > [noun] > roof or canopy
roof1665
canopy1895
pop-top1966
1966 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-Jrnl. 15 Apr. 22/7 (advt.) Camper deluxe, Westfalle model, with jalousie windows, pop top, low mileage and price.
1975 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 27 June 40/3 Volks '70 Camper with pop top, ice box, bunks, etc.
1989 Camping & Walking July 60/1 Although a couple of feet taller in towing form than any folding camper, because of its pop-top roof it will still fit inside a standard height domestic garage.
2000 Leyland's Austral. Winter 98/1 (advt.) Custom made Kakadu Annexes to suit your caravan, pop-top or motor home and your roll-out awning.
Derivatives
ˈpop-topping n. the activity of creating a piece of craftwork out of pop-tops.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [noun] > action or process of opening > one who or that which opens > ring-pull > putting on a seal which is broken by
pop-topping1975
1975 Publishers Weekly 27 Jan. 42/3 (advt.) Pop-topping... New craft with pull-tabs from beverage cans.
1975 Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio) 2 Nov. 1 c Now, about pop-topping, the materials are sharp-edged pull tabs from beer, juice and soft-drink cans.
ˈpop-topping adj. that has a pop-top.
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1971 Lincoln (Nebraska) Star 1 Oct. 4/4 Why was it so difficult to use a can opener to open cans a few years back before some designer got the bright idea of pop-topping everything.]
1999 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 25 Apr. (Mag. section) 42 It is a merry hell, a gathering of bright young things, pop-topping cans and blaring radios and stolen kisses.
2004 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Jrnl. Sentinel (Nexis) 13 Apr. 8 b A soundtrack of pop-topping Budweiser cans follows Lee wherever he goes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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