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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

English

Etymology

From Middle English popet, probably from, though attested earlier than, Middle French poupette, diminutive of poupée (cf. also Medieval Latin *pupata), ultimately derived from a Latin pupa (“doll, puppet; girl”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: p?p??t, IPA^(key): /?p?p?t/
• Rhymes: -?p?t
• Hyphenation: pup?pet

Noun

puppet (plural puppets)

1. Any small model of a person or animal able to be moved by strings or rods, or in the form of a glove.
2. (figuratively) A person, country, etc, controlled by another.
3. (obsolete) A poppet; a small image in the human form; a doll.
4. (engineering) The upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe.

Derived terms

Related terms

• marionette
• muppet

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