pop-up, n. and a.
(ˈpɒpʌp)
[f. pop v.1 + up adv.1]
A. n.
1. Baseball. A ball which is hit softly up into the air and is easily caught.
| 1906 Spalding's Offic. Base Ball Guide 126 A trapped ball play was made when runners were on bases, and a ‘pop-up’ fly ball was expected to be caught. 1926 Amer. Speech I. 369/1 A ‘pop-up’, for an infantile attempt to hit, is beautifully characteristic of the contempt prompting its use. 1950 Sun (Baltimore) 6 Oct. (B ed.) 19/6 He hoisted four infield pop-ups. 1974 Evening Herald (Rock Hill, S. Carolina) 19 Apr. 7/1 Hager drew another intentional walk loading the bases but Holmes escaped the jam by getting Conner on a popup to third and Larry Hinson on a fly to right. 1978 Time 3 July 60/1 One of their catchers, Frank Mancuso, was a former lieutenant who had injured his back during parachute training; he could neither remain in the Army nor look skyward for a pop-up. |
2. A pop-up toaster, trailer, etc.
| 1970 New Yorker 14 Nov. 49/3 Browned off like a piece of toast in a broken pop-up. 1976 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Aug. 991 (Advt.), We manufacture jigsaw puzzles, pop-ups and other educational toys. 1978 Sunday Sun-Times (Chicago) 1 Jan. 122/1 Another popular RV type is the camping trailer, or ‘pop-up’. 1978 Detroit Free Press 2 Apr. 17f/3, '75 Apache pop-up, slps 8, refrig, stove, heater, awning, exc cond. |
B. adj. a. Designed to pop up or having a component that pops up. b. With a mechanism which causes something to pop up; esp. pop-up toaster: an electric toaster in which the sliced bread pops up when it is ready.
| 1934 in Webster. 1959 C. Ogburn Marauders (1960) ii. 65 We shot off quantities of ammunition, mostly at informal or pop-up targets. 1959 ‘E. McBain’ Pusher v. 42 The precinct house..did not boast chintz curtains or pop-up toasters. 1960 S. Kauffmann If it be Love i. vi. 90 An electric dishwasher and deep freeze and pop-up toaster. 1962 N. Freeling Love in Amsterdam i. 29 The pretty girl..flipped a pop-up file like those for telephone numbers. 1962 Which? Car Suppl. Apr. 55/1 The Austin A60 was the only car which did not have pop-up knobs..which show easily whether the doors are locked or not. 1963 S. Marshall Exper. in Educ. iv. 153 Every illustration is conceived and executed as a ‘pop-up’ scene. 1966 Listener 24 Nov. 755/1 This is a toaster of standard performance—the pop-up kind. 1972 Times 6 Dec. 22/6 A birthday card, with a pop-up centre. 1973 Country Life 19 July 151/3 For large lawns the most advanced system is the pop-up sprinkler..small spray nozzles which only appear above turf level when the water is turned on. 1975 Evening News 26 Apr. 4/1 London motorists may soon face..pop-up metal barriers..to keep them off bus-only lanes. 1978 Dumfries Courier 20 Oct. 27/3 (Advt.), Hoover pop-up toaster in very good order, {pstlg}8.50. 1978 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Dec. 1400/3 Pop-up books are a different roaming ground for the imagination. |