Popping
['pɒpɪŋ] or ['pɑpɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pop
(-) a. & n. from Pop.
Typed by Keller
Examples
- Smith was as deaf as a post, and never spoke without popping his ear against one's mouth, to catch the answer, and saying, Hay! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Most extraordinary female this,' thought Mr. Pickwick, popping in again. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- It won't be dull with me popping in every day to tell you how Beth is, and take you out gallivanting. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- They crawl all over him, popping in and out of his waistcoat, and sitting in couples, white as snow, on his capacious shoulders. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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