noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·High school level

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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6. 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

Synonyms

All synonyms

dadantediluvianantiqueback numberconcertconservative

Example

More examples

"This teacher goes by the name of "Pops.""

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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