moppet

English

Etymology

From mop (“child, girl”) +‎ -et.

Noun

moppet (plural moppets)

1. (colloquial) A child. Often used lovingly or in an affectionate way.
   • 2017 July 7, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “The ambitious War For The Planet Of The Apes ends up surrendering to formula”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[1]:

     They are also very sympathetic, especially Caesar’s orangutan advisor, Maurice (Karin Konoval), who takes a shine to a human moppet (Amiah Miller) he finds hiding in the back of a shack, and the poignant Bad Ape (a scene-stealing Steve Zahn), a mangy chimp who was beaten so often in his zoo-animal days that he came to believe what his handlers were shouting was supposed to be his name.

2. (dated) A rag baby; a puppet made of cloth.
3. (dated) A long-haired pet dog.

Coordinate terms

• mopsy

 

Derived terms

• moppetry

 

Translations

colloquial expression for a child

• German: Püppchen (de) n, Hosenmatz (de) m, Fratz (de) m,
• Spanish: mico (es) m (colloquial)

rag baby, puppet made of cloth

• German: Stoffpuppe f

See also

• muppet

Anagrams

• pompet

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

moppet

1. second-person plural subjunctive I of moppen

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• moppa

Verb

moppet

1. inflection of moppe:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle