"Pop" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /pɒp/ [UK], /pɑp/ [US]
Rhymes: -ɒp, -ɑp Etymology: From pop (“father”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|pop||father}} pop (“father”) Head templates: {{en-prop}} Pop
  1. (colloquial, US, theater) Traditional nickname for a stage doorman. Tags: US, colloquial Categories (topical): Theater
    Sense id: en-Pop-en-name-wJx~Rv1M Categories (other): American English Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /pɒp/ [UK], /pɑp/ [US] Forms: Pops [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒp, -ɑp Etymology: Uncertain. The OED suggests either from (lolli)pop ("because the meetings were held in the rooms of Mrs Hatton, who kept the lollipop shop"), or from Latin popīna (“cookshop”). The second sense derives from the first. Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain, {{m|en|lollipop|(lolli)pop}} (lolli)pop, {{uder|en|la|popīna||cookshop}} Latin popīna (“cookshop”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} Pop (plural Pops)
  1. A social club and debating society at Eton College.
    Sense id: en-Pop-en-noun-Yols2qi5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 46 21 6 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 72 28
  2. The body of college prefects.
    Sense id: en-Pop-en-noun-em7tXkiw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /pɒp/ [UK], /pɑp/ [US] Forms: Pops [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒp, -ɑp Etymology: Shortened from popular (concert). Etymology templates: {{m|en|popular}} popular, {{m|en|concert}} concert Head templates: {{en-noun}} Pop (plural Pops)
  1. (also in plural) A popular classical music concert. Tags: also, plural
    Sense id: en-Pop-en-noun-0tTJGrh8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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