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(intransitive) To come up with a pop sound. / (intransitive, informal, idiomatic) To appear without warning. / (intransitive) (Of an alert, advertisement, etc.) To suddenly appear onscreen.

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Verb

intransitive idiomatic informal transitive

(intransitive) To come up with a "pop" sound. / (intransitive, informal, idiomatic) To appear without warning. / (intransitive) (Of an alert, advertisement, etc.) To suddenly appear onscreen.

Japanese Meaning

（音として）ポップという音を伴って現れる / 予告なしに突然現れる / 警告や広告などが画面上に急に表示される

What is this buttons?

When you open the champagne, the cork can pop up with a sharp sound.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

シャンパンを開けると、コルクは鋭い音を立てて飛び上がることがある。

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Sense（1）

(intransitive) To come up with a "pop" sound.

The toast is in the toaster - when it pops up it will be ready.

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Sense（2）

(intransitive, informal, idiomatic) To appear without warning.

Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."

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Sense（3）

(intransitive) (Of an alert, advertisement, etc.) To suddenly appear onscreen.

[…]where you should put the disclaimer for software (somewhere that the user sees it when they start the program, tho' I wouldn't do that, just put it in the 'about' box like the mpgn.com guy suggests -- otherwise, having something pop up makes it annoyware, IMHO).

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