poppet

A variant of puppet.

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• IPA^(key): /ˈpɒ.pɪt/

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• Rhymes: -ɒpɪt
• Hyphenation: pop‧pet

poppet (plural poppets)

1. (informal, term of endearment) An endearingly sweet or beautiful child.
2. (informal, term of endearment) A young woman or girl.

   Come 'ere, poppet!

   • 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 32:

     Y'll be fess enough, my poppet, when th'st know!"

3. The stem and valve head in a poppet valve.
4. A doll (such as a voodoo doll) made in witchcraft to represent a person, used in casting spells on that person.
5. (nautical) One of certain upright timbers on the bilge ways, used to support a vessel in launching.
   • 1960, Submarine Torpedo Tubes:

     After passing through the poppet valve, the impulse air and water flows through a poppet discharge stop valve and then through a discharge pipe to the poppet drain tank or bilge

6. (engineering) An upright support or guide fastened at the bottom only.

• poppet valve

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔpət/

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poppet

1. second-person plural subjunctive I of poppen