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Poppet

//ˈpɒ.pɪt// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    An endearingly sweet or beautiful child. informal
  2. 2
    a mushroom-shaped valve that rises perpendicularly from its seat; commonly used in internal-combustion engines wordnet
  3. 3
    A young woman or girl. informal

    "Come 'ere, poppet!"

  4. 4
    The stem and valve head in a poppet valve.

    "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"

  5. 5
    A doll (such as a voodoo doll) made in witchcraft to represent a person, used in casting spells on that person.
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  1. 6
    One of certain upright timbers on the bilge ways, used to support a vessel in launching.
  2. 7
    An upright support or guide fastened at the bottom only.

Etymology

A variant of puppet.

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