lollipop
UK/ˈlɒlipɒp/
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British/ˈlɔlɪjpɔp/
lollipop noun: an item of confectionery consisting of a piece of candy or sweet attached to a stick.
Noun
lollipop (plural lollipops)
- An item of confectionery consisting of a piece of candy or sweet attached to a stick.
- Something having the shape of a lollipop: a linear stem connected to a round body.
- The gene III proteins appear as five lollipops protruding from the end of the phage, and these “balls” can be removed by treatment of the phage with subtilisin, rendering the phage noninfectious.1993, Laura S. Frost, “Conjugative Pili and Pilus-Specific Phages”, in D.B. Clewell, editor, Bacterial Conjugation, Springer, →DOI, →ISBN, page 209
- The reasons for this containment of gated communities and private streets are not to be sought in morphology (suburban residential developments with lollipops and dead ends are common in France), but rather in local practices by residents.2010, Renaud Le Goix, Delphine Callen, “Production and Social Sustainability of Private Enclaves in Suburban Landscapes”, in Samer Bagaeen, Ola Uduku, editors, Gated Communities: Social...
- A sign on a stick held in front of the vehicle during a pit stop.
Verb
lollipop (third-person singular simple present lollipops, present participle lollipopping, simple past and past participle lollipopped)
lollipop meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
lollipop in Hindi
- confectionery on a stick
- लॉलीपॉप lŏlīpŏp
lollipop in Tamil
- குச்சி மிட்டாய்
lollipop in Marathi
- confectionery on a stick
- लॉलीपॉप lŏlīpŏp
lollipop in Bengali
- confectionery on a stick
- ললিপপ lolipop
More languagesFewer languages
- lollipop in Telugu
- లాలిపాప్ lālipāp
- lollipop in Malayalam
- ലോലിപോപ്പ്, ലോലിപോപ്, ലോളിപോപ്പ്
- lollipop in Kannada
- ಕಡ್ಡಿ ಮಿಠಾಯಿ, ಕಡ್ಡಿ ಐಸ್ಕ್ರೀಮ್, ಚಿಗಳಿ
- lollipop in Punjabi
- ਲਾਲੀਪੌਪ, ਲੋਲੀਪੌਪ, ਲਾਲੀਪਾਪ
- lollipop in Gujarati
- લોલીપોપ, લૉલીપોપ, લોલિપોપ
- lollipop in Odia
- ଲଲିପପ୍, ଲାଲିପପ୍, ଲଲିପପ
- lollipop in Nepali
- लोलीपप, लोलीपपप, लोलिपप
- lollipop in Tagalog
- lolipap
- lollipop in Arabic
- مصاصة maṣṣāṣa
- lollipop in Persian
- آبنباتچوبی âbnabât-čubi
- lollipop in Thai
- อมยิ้ม om-yím
- lollipop in Vietnamese
- kẹo que, kẹo mút
Examples of lollipop in a sentence
- He tried to put one past the band director by giving her a jalapeño-flavored lollipop.
- Yogurt-containing and salmiak (salty liquorice) flavoured lollipops have much higher pH values (3.8–4.7).
- I was batting when Nikki sent down a lollipop and whoosh, what a shot.
Synonyms of lollipop
Forms of lollipop
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | lollipops |
| alternative form | lolli-pop |
| alternative form | lollypop |
| alternative form | lolly pop |
| alternative form | lolly-pop |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | lollipops |
| present participle | lollipopping |
| past participle | lollipopped |
| past | lollipopped |
Origin of lollipop
By surface analysis, loll (“laze, hang loose”) + y + pop (“shot, try, burst, enter”); likely through lolly (“head, tongue”). Attested from 1784. Compare lollygag and lollypoop. An unlikely derivation is from Romani loli (“red”) + phabaj (“apple”); candy apples are often red and placed on a stick to keep the person's hands dry, similar to lollipops. However candy apples were not well-known until a century after the first known use of the word lollipop, and the original lollipop was likely a small item like modern penny candy.
Words formed from lollipop
Phrases with lollipop
Questions about lollipop
- What does lollipop mean?
- Lollipop means an item of confectionery consisting of a piece of candy or sweet attached to a stick.
- What is lollipop in Hindi?
- Lollipop in Hindi is लॉलीपॉप (lŏlīpŏp). See Lollipop meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is lollipop?
- Lollipop can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce lollipop?
- Lollipop is pronounced /ˈlɒlipɒp/ (UK).
- What is the plural of lollipop?
- The plural of lollipop is lollipops.
Words near lollipop in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lollipop (page history and authors); lollipop (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); లాలిపాప్ (Telugu) (page history and authors); lollipop (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lollipop (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lollipop (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lollipop (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lollipop (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lollipop (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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