pop filter

noun

Piece of recording equipment - usually attached to a microphone stand - used to protect a microphone from distorted ‘popping’ sounds from plosives.

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Meanings

nounpop filter (plural pop filters)

plural pop filters

  1. Piece of recording equipment - usually attached to a microphone stand - used to protect a microphone from distorted ‘popping’ sounds from plosives.

Origin

From pop, not only a word that contains two plosive consonants, but also onomatopoeic of the sound of a plosive.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 噴麥罩 /喷麦罩
  • 噴麥罩 /喷麦罩 (pēnmàizhào)Translations
Finnish puhkusuoja, pop-suodatin
  • puhkusuojaTranslations
  • pop-suodatinTranslations
  • pop-filtteriTranslations
Swedish puffskydd
  • puffskyddTranslations
Turkish sünger
  • süngerTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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