pop tart

noun

A toaster pastry.

“After much effort, she was able to overcome the pop tart label and be taken seriously as a musician.”

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Meanings

pop tart1

nounpop tart (plural pop tarts)

plural pop tarts · alternative Pop Tart · alternative poptart · alternative pop-tart

  1. A toaster pastry.

    2000 January 29, Peter Sagal (host), Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me!, National Public Radio Carl Kasell will come to their house and cook his signature dish, breakfast à la Edwards, which is two pop tarts and a Benson and Hedges.

pop tart2

nounpop tart (plural pop tarts)

plural pop tarts · alternative poptart · alternative pop-tart

  1. colloquialA female pop music performer famed more for her sexuality than for her music.

    After much effort, she was able to overcome the pop tart label and be taken seriously as a musician.

Pop Tart3

nounPop Tart (plural Pop Tarts)

plural Pop Tarts

  1. alternativeAlternative form of pop tart.

Origin

pop tart · noun

A genericization of the brand name Pop-Tarts.

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pop tart · noun

From pop for “popular” and tart for a sexualized woman; a word play on the brand name.

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Cite this entry
APA

pop tart. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pop%20tart

MLA

“pop tart.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pop%20tart. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pop tart,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pop%20tart.

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