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poppet.

An endearingly sweet or beautiful child.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpɒ.pɪt/
  1. An endearingly sweet or beautiful child.

    informal
  2. A young woman or girl.

    informal
    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. One of certain upright timbers on the bilge ways, used to support a vessel in launching.

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

Where this word comes from

A variant of puppet.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.