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POP-UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pop-up mean? 

POP-UP (noun)
  The noun POP-UP has 2 senses:

1. a book (usually for children) that contains one or more pages such that a three-dimensional structure rises up when a page is openedplay

2. a short high fly ballplay

  Familiarity information: POP-UP used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


POP-UP (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A book (usually for children) that contains one or more pages such that a three-dimensional structure rises up when a page is opened

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

pop-up; pop-up book

Hypernyms ("pop-up" is a kind of...):

book (a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together))


Sense 2

Meaning:

A short high fly ball

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

pop-fly; pop-up; pop fly

Hypernyms ("pop-up" is a kind of...):

fly; fly ball ((baseball) a hit that flies up in the air)

Domain category:

ball; baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)


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