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pops

[ pops ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to a symphony orchestra specializing in popular or light classical music:

    Thursday is pops night on the concert series.



noun

  1. Pops, (used with a singular verb) a symphony orchestra specializing in popular and light classical music:

    When you're in Boston be sure to hear the Pops.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of pops1

First recorded in 1955–60; pop 2
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Example Sentences

You would have thought being located in Nigeria would make supply easy but then up pops this headline: "Nigeria’s Dangote buys Brazilian crude".

From BBC

“We can chop it down and, by golly, it pops up again the next day,” he said.

Something that pops into my mind is just momentum.

From Salon

Given the penchant of many of my fellow Americans to believe any preposterous spoof, spin or allegation that pops up on their computer screens – I’m talking to you, Victoria Jackson!

In partnership with the NRCM, his company has developed a machine which roasts and pops the fox seeds.

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