pop out
See also: popout
English
[edit]Verb
[edit]pop out (third-person singular simple present pops out, present participle popping out, simple past and past participle popped out)
- (intransitive, slang) To leave a room or building with the expectation of returning soon.
- (computing, intransitive) To appear on the screen as a temporary window or menu.
- 2005, Rickford Grant, Linux Made Easy: The Official Guide to Xandros 3 for Everyday Users, San Francisco: No Starch Press, →ISBN, page 182:
- In the menu that then pops out, select the number of degrees you want to rotate the image (90° if the image is lying on its left side, 180° if the image is upside down, or 270° if the image is lying on its right side).
- (baseball, softball) To be retired after three strikes, including a popout (pop fly) on the third strike.
- (transitive, slang) To give birth.
- So you think I should just stay home and pop out kids for the next twenty years?
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pop, out.
- 2006, Ginny Aiken, Decorating Schemes (Deadly Décor Mysteries; 2), Grand Rapids, Mich.: Revell, →ISBN, page 130:
- “You’re such a dog person, Haley. Get over yourself. Cats are people too.” / I wasn’t about to touch that one. “Make yourself comfortable, but if a cat pops out from under your clothes, you’re outta here. […]”