Pop-up

Quick meaning: Pop-up is an adjective meaning Coming into view suddenly from a concealed position.

Meaning

Coming into view suddenly from a concealed position.

More Meanings

1. Opening out to form a three-dimensional structure when the page of a book is opened.
2. Operating or existing for a brief period only; temporary.
3. (military) Employing the cold launch technique.
4. (baseball) A pop-up ball: a ball that has been hit to a considerable height above the infield or the shallow outfield; a pop fly.
5. A folded paper element which pops up from a book, greeting card, etc.
6. A business that opens for a brief temporary period only, such as a temporary restaurant.
7. (Internet) A pop-up advertisement; an advertisement that is triggered to appear on a computer screen when the user accesses a particular web page.

Example Sentences

I packed a pop-up hamper in my suitcase.

[…] I had a pop-up book of sexual organs by the time I was four –[…]

I came across this recipe when Helen Graham cooked it for Bracia and Friends, a pop-up whose USP is that chefs must cook a single dish.

Ms. Setti recently had to close her bar after a change of management at the food hall that housed it. But she plans to launch several pop-ups and hopes to find a new permanent space by the middle of the year, she said.

Word Forms

• popup
• pop-ups

Synonyms for pop-up

Depending on context, synonyms include banner, callout, flyout, flyover, modal, overlay.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include flash, emerging, emergent, up-and-coming, pulldown, lively.

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