Soda \So"da\, n. [It., soda, in OIt., ashes used in making
   glass, fr. L. solida, fem. of solidus solid; solida having
   probably been a name of glasswort. See Solid.]
   1. (Chem.)
      (a) Sodium oxide or hydroxide.
      (b) Popularly, sodium carbonate or bicarbonate. Sodium
          bicarbonate is also called baking soda
          [1913 Webster]

   2. same as sodium, used in terms such as bicarbonate of
      soda.
      [PJC]

   3. same as soda water.
      [PJC]

   4. a non-alcoholic beverage, sweetened by various means,
      containing flavoring and supersaturated with carbon
      dioxide, so as to be effervescent when the container is
      opened; -- in different localities it is variously called
      also soda pop, pop, mineral water, and minerals.
      It has many variants. The sweetening agent may be natural,
      such as cane sugar or corn syrup, or artificial, such as
      saccharin or aspartame. The flavoring varies widely,
      popular variants being fruit or cola flavoring.
      [PJC]

   Caustic soda, sodium hydroxide.

   Cooking soda, sodium bicarbonate. [Colloq.]

   Sal soda. See Sodium carbonate, under Sodium.

   Soda alum (Min.), a mineral consisting of the hydrous
      sulphate of alumina and soda.

   Soda ash, crude sodium carbonate; -- so called because
      formerly obtained from the ashes of sea plants and certain
      other plants, as saltwort (Salsola). See under Sodium.
      

   Soda fountain, an apparatus for drawing soda water, fitted
      with delivery tube, faucets, etc.

   Soda lye, a lye consisting essentially of a solution of
      sodium hydroxide, used in soap making.

   Soda niter. See Nitratine.

   Soda salts, salts having sodium for the base; specifically,
      sodium sulphate or Glauber's salts.

   Soda waste, the waste material, consisting chiefly of
      calcium hydroxide and sulphide, which accumulates as a
      useless residue or side product in the ordinary Leblanc
      process of soda manufacture; -- called also alkali
      waste.

   Washing soda, sodium carbonate. [Colloq.]
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	Soda pop \So"da pop\, n.
   a popular non-alcoholic beverage, sweetened by various means,
   containing flavoring and supersaturated with carbon dioxide,
   so as to be effervescent when the container is opened; -- in
   different localities it is variously called also soda,
   pop, mineral water, and minerals. It has many variants.
   The sweetening agent may be natural, such as cane sugar or
   corn syrup, or artificial, such as saccharin or aspartame.
   The flavoring varies widely, popular variants being fruit
   juices, fruit sirups, cream, or cola flavoring; the soda pop
   is usually served chilled.

   Note: Several large corporations started primarily as
         bottlers of soda pop, such as Coca-Cola,
         Pepsi-Cola, and Dr. Pepper.
         [PJC]

	

	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.
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            He popped a paper into his hand.      --Milton.
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   2. To cause to pop; to cause to burst open by heat, as grains
      of Indian corn; as, to pop corn or chestnuts.
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   3. To eat or swallow; -- of food, especially snacks, in small
      pieces; as, he popped a whole can of peanuts while
      watching the movie.
      [PJC]

   To pop off,
      (a) to thrust away, or put off promptly; as, to pop one
          off with a denial. --Locke.
      (b) to make a statement, or series of statements,
          forcefully and in an opinionated manner; as, he popped
          off about his dislike of modern art.

   To pop the question, to make an offer of marriage to a
      lady. [Colloq.] --Dickens.
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	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.
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   2. A nonalcoholic carbonated beverage; -- so called because
      it expels the cork with a pop from the bottle containing
      it; as, ginger pop; lemon pop, etc. --Hood.

   Syn: soda, soda pop, minerals.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]

   3. (Zool.) The European redwing. [Prov. Eng.]
      [1913 Webster]

   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; corn which has been popped.
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	Pop \Pop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Popped (p[o^]pt); p. pr. & vb.
   n. Popping.]
   1. To make a pop, or sharp, quick sound; as, the muskets
      popped away on all sides.
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   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.
      [1913 Webster]

            He that killed my king . . .
            Popp'd in between the election and my hopes. --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

            A trick of popping up and down every moment.
                                                  --Swift.
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   3. To burst open with a pop, when heated over a fire; as,
      this corn pops well.
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	Pop \Pop\ (p[o^]p), adv.
   Like a pop; suddenly; unexpectedly. "Pop goes his plate."
   --Beau. & Fl.
   [1913 Webster] popcorn

	

	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, 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 teenagers; a bland watered-down
        version of rock'n'roll with more rhythm and harmony and an
        emphasis on romantic love [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; "He popped out to shortstop"
     3: make a sharp explosive noise; "The cork of the champagne
        bottle popped"
     4: fire a weapon with a loud explosive noise; "The soldiers
        were popping"
     5: cause to make a sharp explosive sound; "He popped the
        champagne bottle"
     6: appear suddenly or unexpectedly; "The farm popped into view
        as we turned the corner"; "He suddenly popped up out of
        nowhere" [syn: crop up, pop up]
     7: put or thrust suddenly and forcefully; "pop the pizza into
        the microwave oven"; "He popped the petit-four into his
        mouth"
     8: release suddenly; "pop the clutch"
     9: hit or strike; "He popped me on the head"
     10: drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before
         dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night";
         "They popped a few beer after work" [syn: toss off, bolt
         down, belt down, pour down, down, drink down, kill]
     11: take drugs, especially orally; "The man charged with murder
         popped a valium to calm his nerves"
     12: cause to burst with a lound, explosive sound; "The child
         popped the balloon"
     13: burst open with a sharp, explosive sound; "The balloon
         popped"; "This popcorn pops quickly in the microwave
         oven"
     [also: popping, popped]

	

	228 Moby Thesaurus words for "pop":
   Babbittish, Babbittry, Methuselah, Philistine, abba, abruptly,
   alcoholic drink, antediluvian, antique, back number, bad taste,
   bag, ballad, balloon, bang, bark, belly, belly out, beverage,
   bilge, billow, blast, bouge, bourgeois, bourgeois taste, bug,
   bulge, bump, burst, camp, campiness, campy, catch, chink, click,
   clink, clop, clump, clunk, common, commonplace, conservative,
   crack, crump, dad, daddy, dash, detonate, detonation, dilate, ding,
   dip, discharge, distend, dodo, drink, drinkable, dull thud, elder,
   explode, explosion, father, flick, flump, fogy, fossil,
   foster father, frosted, frosted shake, fud, fuddy-duddy, fulminate,
   fulmination, fusillade, general, genitor, go, go off, goggle,
   governor, granny, gunshot, has-been, hastily, high camp, high-camp,
   hit, hit tune, hock, homely, homespun, impetuously, impignorate,
   impropriety, impulsively, inappropriateness, indecency,
   indecorousness, indecorum, indelicacy, inelegance, inelegancy,
   kitsch, kitschy, light music, like a flash, like a thunderbolt,
   liquid, liquor, longhair, low camp, low-camp, malt, matriarch,
   mid-Victorian, mortgage, mossback, nail, of a sudden, old,
   old believer, old crock, old dodo, old fogy, old liner, old man,
   old poop, old woman, old-timer, on short notice, ordinary, pa, pad,
   pap, papa, pappy, pat, pater, paterfamilias, patriarch, patter,
   philistinism, pitapat, pitter-patter, plebeian, pledge, plop,
   plump, plunk, pooch, poor taste, pop culture, pop music, pops,
   popular, popular music, popular song, potable, potation, pouch,
   pout, precipitantly, precipitately, precipitously, public, rap,
   reactionary, regular old fogy, relic, round out, salvo, shake,
   sharp, shot, sire, slap, slog, smack, smite, sock, soda, soda pop,
   soda water, soft drink, song hit, spout, square, stab, stagger,
   starets, startlingly, stepfather, sudden, suddenly, surprisingly,
   swat, swell, swell out, tap, tastelessness, the old man, thud,
   thump, tick, tinkle, tonic, traditionalist, try, tunk,
   unaestheticism, unaestheticness, unawares, unbecomingness,
   unexpectedly, unfittingness, unseemliness, unsuitability,
   unsuitableness, vernacular, volley, vulgar taste, vulgarism,
   vulgarity, vulgarness, whack, whirl, without notice,
   without warning

	

	POP
     Package for Online Programming

	

	POP
     Point Of Presence (Internet, ISP)

	

	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.

	

	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)

	

	PoP
     
         Point Of Presence.
     
        [Jargon File]
     
        (1996-02-18)

	

	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)

	

	POP++
     
        An object-oriented extension of POPLOG.  Available from
        Integral Solutions.
     
        [Jargon File]