"pop up" meaning in English

See pop up in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: En-au-pop up.ogg Forms: pops up [present, singular, third-person], popping up [participle, present], popped up [participle, past], popped up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} pop up (third-person singular simple present pops up, present participle popping up, simple past and past participle popped up)
  1. (intransitive) To come up with a "pop" sound. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-pop_up-en-verb-uPISAjhX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 4 14 22 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 57 9 13 21 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 72 6 8 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 9 15 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 69 5 7 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 56 6 17 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 69 4 11 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 54 11 15 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 62 6 14 18 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 59 10 13 17 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 58 8 15 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 42 8 24 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 45 5 24 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 65 7 12 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 51 6 18 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 58 8 12 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 59 6 16 20
  2. (intransitive, informal, idiomatic) To appear without warning. Tags: idiomatic, informal, intransitive Translations (to appear without warning): 弹出 (tánchū) (Chinese Mandarin), objevit se (Czech), zjevit se (Czech), poppe op (Danish), opduiken (Dutch), te voorschijn komen (Dutch), ilmestyä (Finnish), putkahtaa (Finnish), se pointer (French), auftauchen (German), aufkreuzen (German), εμφανίζομαι (emfanízomai) (Greek), αναπηδώ (anapidó) (Greek), ξεπετιέμαι (xepetiémai) (Greek), αναδύομαι (anadýomai) (Greek), felbukkan (Hungarian), spuntare (Italian), saltare fuori (Italian), aparecerse (Spanish), ploppa upp (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-pop_up-en-verb-HFBolpa7 Disambiguation of 'to appear without warning': 5 86 7 2
  3. (intransitive) (Of an alert, advertisement, etc.) To suddenly appear onscreen. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-pop_up-en-verb-asruxghE
  4. (transitive) To display as an alert, advertisement, etc. that suddenly appears on screen. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-pop_up-en-verb-3CyP0VLK

Inflected forms

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        "(intransitive) To come up with a \"pop\" sound."
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          "text": "I can't remember where I left my keys, but they normally pop up somewhere.",
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          "ref": "2013 June 21, Chico Harlan, “Japan pockets the subsidy …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 30:",
          "text": "Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an \"explosion.\"",
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        "(intransitive, informal, idiomatic) To appear without warning."
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          "_dis1": "5 86 7 2",
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          "word": "弹出"
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          "_dis1": "5 86 7 2",
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          "sense": "to appear without warning",
          "word": "objevit se"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to appear without warning",
          "word": "opduiken"
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          "sense": "to appear without warning",
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          "_dis1": "5 86 7 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to appear without warning",
          "word": "auftauchen"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 7 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to appear without warning",
          "word": "aufkreuzen"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 7 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "emfanízomai",
          "sense": "to appear without warning",
          "word": "εμφανίζομαι"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 7 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "anapidó",
          "sense": "to appear without warning",
          "word": "αναπηδώ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 7 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "xepetiémai",
          "sense": "to appear without warning",
          "word": "ξεπετιέμαι"
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          "_dis1": "5 86 7 2",
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "anadýomai",
          "sense": "to appear without warning",
          "word": "αναδύομαι"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 7 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to appear without warning",
          "word": "felbukkan"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 7 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to appear without warning",
          "word": "spuntare"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 7 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to appear without warning",
          "word": "saltare fuori"
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          "_dis1": "5 86 7 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to appear without warning",
          "word": "aparecerse"
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          "_dis1": "5 86 7 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to appear without warning",
          "word": "ploppa upp"
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          "ref": "1994 September 8, Kendall Bullen, “COPYRIGHT POLICY”, in rec.games.frp (Usenet):",
          "text": "[…]where you should put the disclaimer for software (somewhere that the user sees it when they start the program, tho' I wouldn't do that, just put it in the 'about' box like the mpgn.com guy suggests -- otherwise, having something pop up makes it annoyware, IMHO).",
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        "(Of an alert, advertisement, etc.) To suddenly appear onscreen."
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        "(intransitive) (Of an alert, advertisement, etc.) To suddenly appear onscreen."
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        "To display as an alert, advertisement, etc. that suddenly appears on screen."
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        "(transitive) To display as an alert, advertisement, etc. that suddenly appears on screen."
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  "word": "pop up"
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        "(intransitive, informal, idiomatic) To appear without warning."
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "tánchū",
      "sense": "to appear without warning",
      "word": "弹出"
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      "sense": "to appear without warning",
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      "sense": "to appear without warning",
      "word": "zjevit se"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to appear without warning",
      "word": "poppe op"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to appear without warning",
      "word": "opduiken"
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      "sense": "to appear without warning",
      "word": "te voorschijn komen"
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      "sense": "to appear without warning",
      "word": "ilmestyä"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to appear without warning",
      "word": "putkahtaa"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to appear without warning",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to appear without warning",
      "word": "auftauchen"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to appear without warning",
      "word": "aufkreuzen"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "emfanízomai",
      "sense": "to appear without warning",
      "word": "εμφανίζομαι"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anapidó",
      "sense": "to appear without warning",
      "word": "αναπηδώ"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "xepetiémai",
      "sense": "to appear without warning",
      "word": "ξεπετιέμαι"
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      "lang": "Greek",
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to appear without warning",
      "word": "felbukkan"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to appear without warning",
      "word": "spuntare"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to appear without warning",
      "word": "saltare fuori"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to appear without warning",
      "word": "aparecerse"
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      "sense": "to appear without warning",
      "word": "ploppa upp"
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