poppet

Meaning of poppet

noun
  1. an endearingly sweet or pretty child (often used as an affectionate form of address).
    ‘Here you are, poppet,’ the nurse said
  2. a small figure of a human being used in sorcery and witchcraft.
  3. a mushroom-shaped valve with a flat end piece that is lifted in and out of an opening by an axial rod.

late Middle English: based on Latin pup(p)a ‘girl, doll’. Compare with puppet.

Information about poppet

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of poppet is: poppets.
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Hyphenation of poppet

pop-pet

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • poppet is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with poppet

appet, flappet, lappet, scrappet, tappet, wappet, whappet, frippet, rippet, sippet, skippet, snippet, tippet, trippet, whippet, coppet, hoppet, loppet, moppet, Muppet, demipuppet, muppet, puppet, scuppet, meatpuppet, sockpuppet

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