pops

1. (usually as a form of address) Father, dad.

   Hey, pops, I'm home.

2. (usually as a form of address, by extension) A man old enough to be the speaker's father.

1. A loud, sharp sound as of a cork coming out of a bottle.

   Listen to the pop of a champagne cork.

2. (Midwest US) An effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; soda pop.

   Lunch was sandwiches and a bottle of pop.

3. (Midwest US) A bottle, can, or serving of effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; soda pop.

   Go in the store and buy us three pops.

4. A pop shot: a quick, possibly unaimed, shot with a firearm.

   The man with the gun took a pop at the rabbit.

5. (in the phrase "a pop") A quantity dispensed, a portion, apiece.

   They cost 50 pence a pop.

6. Something that stands out or is distinctive, especially to the senses.

   a pop of vanilla flavour

7. The removal of a data item from the top of a stack.
8. A bird, the European redwing.
9. The sixth derivative of the position vector with respect to time (after velocity, acceleration, jerk, jounce, crackle), i.e. the rate of change of crackle.
10. A pistol.

1. To make a pop, or sharp, quick sound.

   The muskets popped away on all sides.

2. To burst (something) with a popping sound.

   The boy with the pin popped the balloon.

3. (with in, out, upon, etc.) To enter, or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement; to move from place to place suddenly; to dart.

   A rabbit popped out of the hole.

4. To place (something) (somewhere); to move or position (something) with a short movement.

   He popped his head around the door.

5. (often with over, round, along, etc.) To make a short trip or visit.

   I'll pop by your place later today.

6. To stand out; to be distinctive to the senses.

   This colour really pops.

7. To hit (something or someone).

   He popped me on the nose.

8. To shoot (usually somebody) with a firearm.
9. To ejaculate.
10. To remove (a data item) from the top of a stack.
11. To remove a data item from the top of (a stack).
12. To pawn (something) (to raise money).

    I had to pop my watch to see me through until pay-day.

13. To swallow or consume (especially a tablet of a drug, sometimes extended to other small items such as sweets or candy).
14. To perform (a move or stunt) while riding a board or vehicle.
15. (of the ears) To undergo equalization of pressure when the Eustachian tubes open.

    My ears popped as the aeroplane began to ascend.

1. Affectionate form of father.

   My pop used to tell me to do my homework every night.

noun

(Russian Orthodoxy) A Russian Orthodox priest; a parson.