noun
Meaning 1
Father, dad.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, usually, vocative
Examples
- Hey, pops, I'm home.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
pops
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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US: /pɑps/
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rhymes with -ɒps
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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CMU ARPABET: P AA1 P S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A man old enough to be the speaker's father.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, informal, usually, vocative
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
plural of pop (the sound and related meanings)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, informal, plural, usually, vocative
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
plural of Pop
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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noun
Meaning 5
Initialism of privately owned public space.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
third-person singular simple present indicative of pop
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, indicative, informal, present, singular, third-person, usually, vocative
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From pop (“dad”) + -s (hypocoristic suffix).
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.