different between poppet vs popet

English

Etymology

A variant of puppet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?.p?t/
• Rhymes: -?p?t
• Hyphenation: pop?pet

Noun

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!
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.

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

Derived terms

• poppet valve

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?p?t/

Verb

poppet

1. second-person plural subjunctive I of poppen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• poopet, poepet

Etymology

Probably from Middle French poupette, though it antedates it.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?p?t/, /?po?p?t/, /?pup?t/

Noun

popet (plural popettes)

1. A small or young person.

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2. (rare) A mannikin; a figurine.

Descendants

• English: puppet, poppet

References

• “popet, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• popet in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.