(computer graphics, video games) A performance issue in three-dimensional graphics, causing objects or textures to "pop" suddenly into view as they are loaded, rather than smoothly moving into view.

plural of POP

plural of popping

(countable) A loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle. / (uncountable, regional, Midwestern US, Canada, Britain) An effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; soda pop.

(intransitive) To make a pop, or sharp, quick sound. / (ergative) To burst (something) with a popping sound.

Used to represent a loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle.

(colloquial, endearing) One's father.

(used attributively in set phrases) Popular.

Pop music.

(Russian Orthodoxy, uncommon) A Russian Orthodox priest; a parson.