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13 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Spout \Spout\, n. [Cf. Sw spruta a squirt, a syringe. See {Spout}, v. t.] 1. That through which anything spouts; a discharging lip, pipe, or orifice; a tube, pipe, or conductor of any kind through which a liquid is poured, or by which it is conveyed in a stream from one place to another; as the spout of a teapot; a spout for conducting water from the roof of a building. --Addison. ``A conduit with three issuing spouts.'' --Shak. In whales . . . an ejection thereof [water] is contrived by a fistula, or spout, at the head. --Sir T. Browne. From silver spouts the grateful liquors glide. --Pope. 2. A trough for conducting grain, flour, etc., into a receptacle. 3. A discharge or jet of water or other liquid, esp. when rising in a column; also a waterspout. {To put}, {shove}, or {pop}, {up the spout}, to pawn or pledge at a pawnbroker's; -- in allusion to the spout up which the pawnbroker sent the ticketed articles. [Cant] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pop \Pop\, v. t. 1. To thrust or push suddenly; to offer suddenly; to bring suddenly and unexpectedly to notice; as to pop one's head in at the door. He popped a paper into his hand. --Milton. 2. To cause to pop; to cause to burst open by heat, as grains of Indian corn; as to pop corn or chestnuts. {To pop off}, to thrust away or put off promptly; as to pop one off with a denial. --Locke. {To pop the question}, to make an offer of marriage to a lady. [Colloq.] --Dickens. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pop \Pop\, n. [Of imitative origin. Cf {Poop}.] 1. A small sharp, quick explosive sound or report; as to go off with a pop. --Addison. 2. An unintoxicating beverage which expels the cork with a pop from the bottle containing it as ginger pop; lemon pop, etc --Hood. 3. (Zo["o]l.) The European redwing. [Prov. Eng.] {Pop corn}. a Corn, or maize, of peculiar excellence for popping; especially, a kind the grains of which are small and compact. b Popped corn; which has been popped. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pop \Pop\, adv Like a pop; suddenly; unexpectedly. ``Pop goes his plate.'' --Beau. & Fl From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pop \Pop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Popped}; p. pr & vb n. {Popping}.] 1. To make a pop, or sharp, quick sound; as the muskets popped away on all sides. 2. To enter or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement; to move from place to place suddenly; to dart; -- with in out upon off etc He that killed my king . . . Popp'd in between the election and my hopes. --Shak. A trick of popping up and down every moment. --Swift. 3. To burst open with a pop, when heated over a fire; as this corn pops well From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pop adj : (of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people) [syn: {popular}] n 1: an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk [syn: {dad}, {dada}, {daddy}, {old man}, {pa}, {papa}, {pappa}, {pater}] 2: a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring; "in New England they call sodas tonics" [syn: {soda}, {soda pop}, {soda water}, {tonic}] 3: a sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork [syn: {popping}] 4: music of general appeal to young people [syn: {pop music}] adv : like a pop or with a pop; "everything went pop" v 1: bulge outward; "His eyes popped" [syn: {protrude}, {pop out}, {bulge}, {bulge out}, {bug out}, {come out}] 2: hit a pop-fly, in baseball 3: make a sharp explosive noise 4: fire a weapon with a loud explosive noise; "The soldiers were popping" 5: inject into the skin, as of drugs [syn: {skin pop}] From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: pop /pop/ [from the operation that removes the top of a stack, and the fact that procedure return addresses are usually saved on the stack] (also capitalized `POP') 1. vt To remove something from a {stack} or {PDL}. If a person says he/she has popped something from his stack, that means he/she has finally finished working on it and can now remove it from the list of things hanging overhead. 2. When a discussion gets to a level of detail so deep that the main point of the discussion is being lost, someone will shout "Pop!", meaning "Get back up to a higher level!" The shout is frequently accompanied by an upthrust arm with a finger pointing to the ceiling. 3. [all-caps, as `POP'] Point of Presence, a bank of dial-in lines allowing customers to make (local) calls into an ISP. This is borderline techspeak From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: POP 1.A family of programming languages, {POP-1}, {POP-2}, {POP-10}, {Pop-11}, {POP++}, {POP-9X}, {POPLOG}. 2. {Post Office Protocol}. See also {pop}, {PoP}. [{Jargon File}] (1996-02-18) From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: PoP {Point Of Presence}. [{Jargon File}] (1996-02-18) From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: pop To remove something from the top of a {stack}. Opposite of {push}. Not to be confuse with {POP} or {PoP}. [{Jargon File}] (1996-02-18) From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: POP++ An object-oriented extension of {POPLOG}. Available from Integral Solutions. [{Jargon File}] From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: POP Package for Online Programming From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: POP Point Of Presence (Internet, ISP)
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