pop a crowd
v. phr.— «“If you go to enough of these shows and meet enough of these guys, a pattern emerges,” Siegel says. “In wrestling parlance, they would say they love “popping a crowd”—getting fans off. It’s still a thrill for them, even if it’s at a much lower level.”» —“Beer, wrestling matches fuel scribes’ imaginations” by Todd Longwell in Los Angeles Washington Post (D.C.) Dec. 14, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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