lolly-pop

Noun

lollipop (plural lollipops)

1. An item of confectionery consisting of a piece of candy or sweet attached to a stick.

   Synonyms:

   lolly, sucker

2. 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

   Synonyms:

   lasso, semiloop

3. A sign on a stick held in front of the vehicle during a pit stop.

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