单词 | snap, crackle, pop |
释义 | > as lemmassnap, crackle, (and) pop (b) snap, crackle, (and) pop, an advertiser's catchphrase representing the lively sound produced by a brand of breakfast cereal when milk is added; used allusively and in transferred senses for breakfast cereal or for vigour or energetic behaviour. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > grain dishes > [noun] > breakfast cereals granola1886 cornflakes1890 cereal1899 shredded wheat1899 wheatflakes1903 Post Toasties1908 Wheaties1925 Rice Krispies1928 Pablum1932 Weetabix1936 muesli1939 flakes1951 snap, crackle, pop1954 sugar puff1957 granola1970 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun] > crackling crackling1599 crickle-crackle1637 crepitation1656 decrepitation1669 crinkling1823 crackle1833 crinkle1859 snap, crackle, pop1954 1954 Daily Mail 15 Dec. 2/1 (advt.) With their fascinating ‘Snap! Crackle! Pop!’ as the milk's poured on, Rice Krispies really do seem to be talking. 1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 27 Mar. 179/4 In the 1950s the whole of America, Canada, Australia, England and parts of Europe are eating cereals for breakfast—snap, crackle, pop. 1960 Guardian 17 Mar. 9/2 Marples..always acting with that zestful snap, crackle, pop that entertains as much as it nourishes. 1962 ‘R. Gordon’ Doctor in Swim xi. 66 Now the poor fellow was as jumpy as a plate of snap-crackle-pop when you pour the milk on. 1962 F. Williams Amer. Invasion ii. 20 With every snap, crackle and pop on the breakfast table the American accent carries farther. 1963 Trade Marks Jrnl. 1 June 730/2 Snap Crackle Pop. 851,181. Cereal preparations made of rice for food for human consumption. Kellogg Company of Great Britain Limited..Manchester, 3rd July 1963. 1965 Times Lit. Suppl. 22 Apr. 315/5 When due allowance has been made for the chapter's snap crackle pop style. 1977 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 28 Apr. 11/4 But the few paragraphs of real information are hard to find in the snap, crackle, and pop of gossip and insult. 1979 P. Levi Head in Soup vii. 128 Snap, crackle, pop. The telephone went dead. < as lemmas |
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