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POPPING

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork

Synonyms:

pop; popping

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("popping" is a kind of...):

sound (the sudden occurrence of an audible event)

Derivation:

pop (fire a weapon with a loud explosive noise)

pop (make a sharp explosive noise)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb pop

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