pop off

verb

popped off; popping off; pops off

intransitive verb

1

a

: to die unexpectedly

b

: to leave suddenly

2

: to talk thoughtlessly and often loudly or angrily

Synonyms

• check out
• conk (out)
• croak [slang]
• decease
• demise
• depart
• die
• drop
• end
• exit
• expire
• fall
• flatline
• go
• kick in [slang]
• kick off [slang]
• part
• pass (on)
• pass away
• peg out [chiefly British]
• perish
• step out
• succumb

Examples of pop off in a Sentence

he didn't pop off until the ripe old age of 2

Recent Examples on the Web

Although its several-feet-long mantle was too heavy to salvage, Reid’s incomplete 440-pound specimen revealed how the hooks and suckers that line the squid’s arms can pop off, giving the animal an impressive grip but also offering easy detachment from prey and predators. —Evert Lindquist, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 June 2024

Aquarius January 20 – February 18 The party is popping off in your living room! —Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 9 June 2024

And a fatal shooting earlier this year during the Super Bowl victory celebration in Kansas City underscores the danger people in big crowds face, even during the happiest of times, when an idiot with a gun and a grudge starts popping off shots. —M.l. Elrick, Detroit Free Press, 22 Apr. 2024

Balenciaga, in particular, is quite passionate about the project, popping off about functional buttons and zippers for his doll’s clothes. —Carrie Wittmer, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1764, in the meaning defined at sense 1a