poppet
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A variant of puppet.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈpɒ.pɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒpɪt
- Hyphenation: pop‧pet
Noun
[edit]poppet (plural poppets)
- (informal, term of endearment) An endearingly sweet or beautiful child.
- (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!"
- The stem and valve head in a poppet valve.
- A doll (such as a voodoo doll) made in witchcraft to represent a person, used in casting spells on that person.
- (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
- (engineering) An upright support or guide fastened at the bottom only.
Derived terms
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[edit]Verb
[edit]poppet
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