snap, crackle and pop

noun

Any loud or audible noise.

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Meanings

noun
  1. idiomaticinformalAny loud or audible noise.

    With every snap, crackle and pop on the breakfast table the American accent carries farther.

    1962, Francis Williams, The American Invasion, page 20
  2. idiomaticinformalAn event or situation that is dynamic or full of lively activity.

    But the few paragraphs of real information are hard to find in the snap, crackle, and pop of gossip and insult.

    1977, The New York Review of Books
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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