pop-over Chiefly U.S.
(ˈpɒpəʊvə(r))
Also popover, pop over.
[f. pop v.1 + over adv.]
1. A very light cake made of flour, milk, eggs, and butter (? so called because it swells over the edge of the tin in which it is baked). Also attrib.
| 1876 M. N. F. Henderson Pract. Cooking 71 Breakfast Puffs, or Pop-overs... May be baked in roll-pans. 1887 A. A. Hayes Jesuit's Ring 120 Broiled chicken and pop-overs. 1892 Kipling & Balestier Naulahka 70 The hot brown pop-overs, with their beguiling yellow interiors. 1902 Fortn. Rev. June 1008 The cook..is expected to have ready for breakfast either fresh baked ‘biscuits’ (scones), ‘muffins’, or ‘pop-overs’. 1906 Mrs. Beeton's Bk. Househ. Managem. lix. 1626 Pop overs..white flour..milk..egg..salt... Pop-over tins are similar to sheets of patty pans. 1932 J. Dos Passos 1919 251 Then she set down the popovers and went out. 1935 M. de la Roche Young Renny xiv. 122 Two golden popovers wrapped in a snow-white napkin. 1945 B. MacDonald Egg & I (1946) 66 Recipes for pop-overs, cup cakes and other hot oven delicacies. 1958 L. Whishaw As Far as You'll take Me ii. 15 They gave me a meal of chicken and popovers. 1973 E. Taylor Serpent under It (1974) v. 73 Comforted by two cups of coffee, six popovers, and the promise of veal paprika for dinner. 1976 Woman's Day (N.Y.) Nov. 156/1 Serve pop-overs at once with lemon-honey butter. |
2. A loose casual garment put on by slipping it over the head.
| 1945 Sun (Baltimore) 11 Jan. 7–0/3 Miss McCardell, author of the bareback sun dress, the wraparound ‘pop⁓over’ housedress, [etc.]. 1963 Harper's Bazaar Oct. 44/1 A well-shaped pop-over—superbly smart in warm wool. 1968 [see boat neck(-line)]. 1973 New Yorker 3 Dec. 68/1 (Advt.), Sunbound popover, to be paired with pants,..loosely string-tied, and loosely kimono-sleeved. 1974 Index-Jrnl. (Greenwood, S. Carolina) 23 Apr. 3/2 (Advt.), Baby popover & pantie. 1976 Times 8 Apr. 7/4 Waterproof pop-overs fit over his blanket coats. |