POOR-WILLIE
Poor"-wil`lie, n. Etym: [So called in imitation of its note.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.]
POP
Pop, n. Etym: [Of imitative origin. Cf. Poop.]
1. A small, sharp, quick explosive sound or report; as, to go off with a pop. Addison.
2. An unintoxicating beverage which expels the cork with a pop from the bottle containing it; as, ginger pop; lemon pop, etc. Hood.
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The European redwing. [Prov. Eng.] Pop corn. (a) Corn, or maize, of peculiar excellence for popping; especially, a kind the grains of which are small and compact. (b) Popped corn; which has been popped.
POP
Pop, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Popped; p. pr. & vb. n. Popping.]
1. To make a pop, or sharp, quick sound; as, the muskets popped away on all sides.
2. To enter, or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement; to move from place to place suddenly; to dart; — with in, out, upon, off, etc. He that killed my king . . . Popp'd in between the election and my hopes. Shak. A trick of popping up and down every moment. Swift.