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Pops

//pɑps// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Father, dad. informal, usually, vocative

    "Hey, pops, I'm home."

  2. 2
    plural of pop (the sound and related meanings) form-of, informal, plural, usually, vocative
  3. 3
    plural of Pop form-of, plural
  4. 4
    plural of POP form-of, plural
  5. 5
    Initialism of privately owned public space. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A man old enough to be the speaker's father. broadly, informal, usually, vocative
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of pop form-of, indicative, informal, present, singular, third-person, usually, vocative

Etymology

Etymology 1

From pop (“dad”) + -s (hypocoristic suffix).

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Etymology 3

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