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pop | lob |

In colloquial terms the difference between pop and lob

is that pop is affectionate form of father while lob is to put, place.

As nouns the difference between pop and lob

is that pop is a loud, sharp sound as of a cork coming out of a bottle while lob is (ball sports) A pass or stroke which arches high into the air.

As verbs the difference between pop and lob

is that pop is to burst (something): to cause to burst while lob is to throw or hit a ball into the air in a high arch.

As an interjection pop

is sound made in imitation of the sound.

As an adjective pop

is popular.

As an acronym POP

is acronym of probability of precipitation|lang=en.

pop

English

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic – used to describe the sound, or short, sharp actions.

Noun

  • (label) A loud, sharp sound as of a cork coming out of a bottle.
  • An effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; soda pop.
  • * 1941 , LIFE magazine, 8 September 1941, page 27:
  • The best thing on the table was a tray full of bottles of lemon pop .
  • A bottle, can, or serving of effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; soda pop.
  • Shortened from (pop shot): a quick, possibly unaimed, shot with a firearm. Possibly confusion, by assonance, with (pot) as in (pot shot).
  • (label) A portion, a quantity dispensed.
  • (label) The removal of a data item from the top of a stack.
  • * 2011 , Mark Lutz, Programming Python , page 1371:
  • A bird, the European redwing.
  • (label) The sixth derivative of the position vector with respect to time (after velocity, acceleration, jerk, jounce, crackle), i.e. the rate of change of crackle.
  • Synonyms

    * (soda pop) see the list at (m)
    Derived terms
    : (see below)

    Verb

    (popp)
  • (label) To burst (something): to cause to burst.
  • * 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) , chapter 1:
  • The waves came round her. She was a rock. She was covered with the seaweed which pops when it is pressed. He was lost.
  • * '>citation
  • The court was told Robins had asked if she could use the oven to heat some baby food for her child. Knutton heard a loud popping' noise "like a crisp packet being ' popped " coming from the kitchen followed by a "screeching" noise. When she saw what had happened to the kitten she was sick in the sink.
  • To act suddenly, unexpectedly or quickly.
  • To hit (something or someone).
  • (label) To shoot (usually somebody) with a firearm.
  • (label) To ejaculate.
  • (label) To remove (a data item) from the top of a stack.
  • * 2010 , Enrico Perla, ?Massimiliano Oldani, A Guide to Kernel Exploitation: Attacking the Core (page 55)
  • Once the callee (the called function) terminates, it cleans the stack that it has been locally using and pops the next value stored on top of the stack.
  • * 2011 , John Mongan, ?Noah Kindler, ?Eric Giguère, Programming Interviews Exposed
  • The algorithm pops the stack to obtain a new current node when there are no more children (when it reaches a leaf).
  • (label) To place (something) (somewhere).
  • * Milton
  • He popped a paper into his hand.
  • To swallow (a tablet of a drug).
  • * 1994 , Ruth Garner and Patricia A. Alexander, Beliefs about text and instruction with text :
  • We were drinking beer and popping pills — some really strong downers. I could hardly walk and I had no idea what I was saying.
  • To perform (a move or stunt) while riding a board or vehicle.
  • * 1995 , David Brin, Startide Rising :
  • Huck spun along the beams and joists, making me gulp when she popped a wheelie or swerved past a gaping hole...
  • * 2009 , Ben Wixon, Skateboarding: Instruction, Programming, and Park Design :
  • The tail is the back of the deck; this is the part that enables skaters to pop ollies...
  • To undergo equalization of pressure when the Eustachian tubes open.
  • To make a pop, or sharp, quick sound.
  • To enter, or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement; to move from place to place suddenly; to dart; with in'', ''out'', ''upon , etc.
  • * Shakespeare
  • He that killed my king / Popp'd in between the election and my hopes.
  • * Jonathan Swift
  • a trick of popping up and down every moment
  • To burst open with a pop, when heated over a fire.
  • To stand out, to be visually distinctive.
  • *
  • She also looked like a star - and not the Beltway type. On a stage full of stiff suits, she popped .

    lob

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

  • To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high arch.
  • The guard lobbed a pass just over the defender.
    The tennis player lobbed the ball, which was a costly mistake.
  • (colloquial) To throw.
  • (colloquial) To put, place
  • Lob it in the pot.
  • (sports) To hit, kick, or throw a ball over another player in a game.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=January 15 , author=Nabil Hassan , title=Wigan 1 - 1 Fulham , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Wigan took the lead when Hugo Rodallega lobbed David Stockdale from close range having earlier headed against the post. }}
  • (obsolete) To let fall heavily or lazily.
  • * Shakespeare
  • And their poor jades / Lob down their heads.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (ball sports ) A pass or stroke which arches high into the air.
  • The guard launched a desperate lob over the outstretched arms of the defender.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=February 12 , author=Nabil Hassan , title=Blackburn 0 - 0 Newcastle , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Peter Lovenkrands went close for the Magpies, hitting the bar with a fine lob after he had been played in by the excellent Jose Enrique on the left. }}
    Derived terms
    * lob wedge

    Etymology 2

    (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a lump
  • * {{quote-book, year=1875, author=M.L. Kenny, title=The fortunes of Maurice Cronin, page=126 citation
  • , passage=And, moreover, I had no sooner set my eyes on the keys, than I remembered where there was a lob of money lying in Purcell's safe, that I -- }}
  • (obsolete) a country bumpkin, clown
  • * {{quote-book, 1594, , section=Act II Scene I
  • , passage=Farewell, thou lob of spirits; I'll be gone: Our queen and all her elves come here anon. }}
  • * {{quote-book, 1694,
  • , passage=THE country lob trudged home very much concerned and thoughtful, you may swear; insomuch that his good woman, seeing him thus look moping, weened that something had been stolen from him at market

    Etymology 3

    (etyl) lubbe.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fish, the European pollock.
  • Etymology 4

    Verb

    (lobb)
  • (mining) To cob (chip off unwanted pieces of stone).
  • (Webster 1913)

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