popping zits

今日も Reader's　Digest 9月号の記事 "Do You Kiss Your Dog?" からの引用です。

PIMPLE POPPING
Are you hooked on popping zits?
Come on, we're all friends here. After all, whether you're doing it out of boredom or vanity, or for the dopamine hit (gross but true; your brain rewards this bad habit with a flood of happy hormones, you're not alone.

"zit" は知りませんでしたが、表題が "PIMPLE POPPING" となっているので、ここでは "pimple" と同じで、"popping zits" はニキビをつぶすことだと推測できます。

・Merriam-Webster: a small, red, swollen spot on the skin : pimple: got a zit on his face
・Collins Dictionary: Zits are spots on someone's skin, especially a young person's.: My skin gleamed and all zits had disappeared.

上記の様に "zit" は辞書にありますが、"pop/popping zit" や "pop/popping pimple" の用例説明は辞書には見当たりません。意味の近い説明、用例で見つかったのは次の例くらいです。

・Merriam-Webster:　to push, put, or thrust suddenly or briefly: pops a grape into his mouth
・Collins Dictionary: to burst open or cause to burst open with such a sound
・Cambridge English Dictionary: to move quickly and suddenly, especially from a closed space: pop out When you open the box, a clown pops out.

しかし、Google検索で "pop/popping zit" や "pop/popping pimple" は、動画等を含め多くの例がでてくるので、がニキビをつぶす意味であることは確かです。