Pop·ping a. & n. from Pop.
 Popping crease. Cricket See under Crease.

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 Crease, n.
 1. A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.
 2. Cricket One of the lines serving to define the limits of the bowler and the striker.
 3. Lacrosse The combination of four lines forming a rectangle inclosing either goal, or the inclosed space itself, within which no attacking player is allowed unless the ball is there; -- called also goal crease.
 Bowling crease Cricket, a line extending three feet four inches on each side of the central strings at right angles to the line between the wickets.
 Return crease Cricket, a short line at each end of the bowling crease and at right angles to it, extending toward the bowler.
 Popping crease Cricket,, a line drawn in front of the wicket, four feet distant from it, parallel to the bowling crease and at least as long as the latter.