Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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pop off

verb

Forms pops off popping off popped off

  1. verb (intransitive, informal) To leave and return in a short time. “I'm just popping off to the shops to pick up some bread.”
  2. verb (intransitive, informal) To die suddenly.
  3. verb (transitive, informal) To kill someone.
  4. verb (transitive) To fire or launch (a shot, projectile, or missile), especially singly or in small bursts.
  5. verb (intransitive, informal, usually derogatory) To speak frankly. “popping off at the mouth”
  6. verb (intransitive, informal) To release flatulence, generally in short rapid succession.
  7. verb (transitive) To thrust away, or put off promptly. “to pop one off with a denial”
  8. verb (transitive, informal, UK) To turn off. “Pop that light off, will you?”

Synonyms

annihilate bag baptize bereave of life blight bring down bump off bury cack compromised to a permanent end croak crush dash deactivate dead demolish destroy dispatch dispose of do die decease perish go exit pass away expire pass kick the bucket cash in one's chips

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “pop off”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details