"pop off" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: pops off [present, singular, third-person], popping off [participle, present], popped off [participle, past], popped off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} pop off (third-person singular simple present pops off, present participle popping off, simple past and past participle popped off)
  1. (intransitive, informal) To leave and return in a short time. Tags: informal, intransitive Categories (topical): Death
    Sense id: en-pop_off-en-verb-3mXPmDuJ Disambiguation of Death: 69 0 0 8 2 17 0 2 2
  2. (intransitive, informal) To die suddenly. Tags: informal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-pop_off-en-verb-tsGvj~6a
  3. (transitive, informal) To kill someone. Tags: informal, transitive Synonyms: kill
    Sense id: en-pop_off-en-verb-2xQ2hNqF
  4. (transitive) To fire or launch (a shot, projectile, or missile), especially singly or in small bursts. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-pop_off-en-verb-uJxQwTYX
  5. (intransitive, informal, usually derogatory) To speak frankly. Tags: derogatory, informal, intransitive, usually
    Sense id: en-pop_off-en-verb-fccqg1ZH
  6. (intransitive, informal) To release flatulence, generally in short rapid succession. Tags: informal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-pop_off-en-verb-~A-iZ6dJ
  7. To thrust away, or put off promptly.
    Sense id: en-pop_off-en-verb-Sa3EFsxk
  8. (transitive, informal, UK) To turn off. Tags: UK, informal, transitive
    Sense id: en-pop_off-en-verb-BO6GnVo- Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "off", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 3 3 12 16 6 7 23 12 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "off": 16 4 4 6 9 6 8 37 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 4 4 9 9 9 12 26 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 5 5 7 9 7 6 42 8
  9. (intransitive, slang) To perform extremely well (in a video game or other activity). Tags: intransitive, slang Synonyms: go off
    Sense id: en-pop_off-en-verb-ojepW91h

Inflected forms

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          "text": "I'm just popping off to the shops to pick up some bread.",
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        "To leave and return in a short time."
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        "(intransitive, informal) To leave and return in a short time."
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        "To die suddenly."
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        "(intransitive, informal) To die suddenly."
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        {
          "ref": "1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 35, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 173:",
          "text": "When Captain Sleet in person stood his mast-head in this crow’s-nest of his, he tells us that he always had a rifle with him (also fixed in the rack), together with a powder flask and shot, for the purpose of popping off the stray narwhales, or vagrant sea unicorns infesting those waters; […]",
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          "ref": "1923, Margaret J. Winkler, “Felix Strikes It Rich”, in Felix the Cat:",
          "text": "Dig your own grave, then I'll pop you off!",
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        "To kill someone."
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        "(transitive, informal) To kill someone."
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          "ref": "2021 March 10, Drachinifel, 20:44 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - The Big Night Battle: Night 1 (IJN 3(?) : 2 USN), archived from the original on 2022-10-17:",
          "text": "The Long Lances, however, were thick in the water, and soon Portland was hit in the stern, sending her turning donuts across the ocean trying to work out which way to point her guns, popping off occasional shots at Hiei, which, by now, was heavily ablaze and a very obvious target in the night.",
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        "(transitive) To fire or launch (a shot, projectile, or missile), especially singly or in small bursts."
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        "To speak frankly."
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        "(intransitive, informal, usually derogatory) To speak frankly."
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        "To release flatulence, generally in short rapid succession."
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        [
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          "rapid",
          "rapid"
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        "(intransitive, informal) To release flatulence, generally in short rapid succession."
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          "text": "to pop one off with a denial",
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          "ref": "1693, [John Locke], “§.114. 4.”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC, pages 139–140:",
          "text": "Perhaps it may not ſometimes be amiſs to excite their Curioſity, by bringing ſtrange and new things in their way on purpoſe to engage their Enquiry, and give them occaſion to inform themſelves about them: And if by chance their Curioſity leads them to ask, what they ſhould not know, it is a great deal better to tell them plainly, That it is a thing that belongs not not to them to know, than to pop them off with a Falſhood, or a frivolous Anſwer.",
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          "away",
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          "put off",
          "put off"
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          "text": "Pop that light off, will you?",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To turn off."
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      "id": "en-pop_off-en-verb-BO6GnVo-",
      "links": [
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          "turn off"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, informal, UK) To turn off."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "informal",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "After changing my mouse sensitivity, I immediately started popping off.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Pop off, queen!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To perform extremely well (in a video game or other activity)."
      ],
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          "perform"
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          "well",
          "well"
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          "video game",
          "video game"
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          "activity",
          "activity"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, slang) To perform extremely well (in a video game or other activity)."
      ],
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}
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        "(intransitive, informal) To leave and return in a short time."
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        "To die suddenly."
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        "(intransitive, informal) To die suddenly."
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          "text": "When Captain Sleet in person stood his mast-head in this crow’s-nest of his, he tells us that he always had a rifle with him (also fixed in the rack), together with a powder flask and shot, for the purpose of popping off the stray narwhales, or vagrant sea unicorns infesting those waters; […]",
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          "text": "Dig your own grave, then I'll pop you off!",
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        "To kill someone."
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        "(transitive, informal) To kill someone."
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          "text": "The Long Lances, however, were thick in the water, and soon Portland was hit in the stern, sending her turning donuts across the ocean trying to work out which way to point her guns, popping off occasional shots at Hiei, which, by now, was heavily ablaze and a very obvious target in the night.",
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        "(transitive) To fire or launch (a shot, projectile, or missile), especially singly or in small bursts."
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        "To speak frankly."
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        "(intransitive, informal, usually derogatory) To speak frankly."
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        "To release flatulence, generally in short rapid succession."
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          "release",
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        "(intransitive, informal) To release flatulence, generally in short rapid succession."
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        {
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          "ref": "1693, [John Locke], “§.114. 4.”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC, pages 139–140:",
          "text": "Perhaps it may not ſometimes be amiſs to excite their Curioſity, by bringing ſtrange and new things in their way on purpoſe to engage their Enquiry, and give them occaſion to inform themſelves about them: And if by chance their Curioſity leads them to ask, what they ſhould not know, it is a great deal better to tell them plainly, That it is a thing that belongs not not to them to know, than to pop them off with a Falſhood, or a frivolous Anſwer.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To thrust away, or put off promptly."
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          "away",
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        {
          "text": "Pop that light off, will you?",
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      "glosses": [
        "To turn off."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, informal, UK) To turn off."
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          "text": "Pop off, queen!",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To perform extremely well (in a video game or other activity)."
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          "perform"
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          "well",
          "well"
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        [
          "video game",
          "video game"
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        [
          "activity",
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        "(intransitive, slang) To perform extremely well (in a video game or other activity)."
      ],
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        "intransitive",
        "slang"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "pop off"
}

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