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moppets

moppets is the plural of moppet.

Meaning of moppet

Noun

moppet (plural moppets)

  1. (colloquial) A child. Often used lovingly or in an affectionate way.
    • They are also very sympathetic, especially Caesar’s orangutan advisor, Maurice (Karin Konoval), who takes a shine to a human moppet (Amiah Miller) he finds hiding in the back of a shack, and the poignant Bad Ape (a scene-stealing Steve Zahn), a mangy chimp who was beaten so often in his zoo-animal...2017 July 7, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “The ambitious War For The Planet Of The Apes ends up surrendering to formula”, in The Onion AV Club
  2. (dated) A rag baby; a puppet made of cloth.
  3. (dated) A long-haired pet dog.

Questions about moppets

What is moppets the plural of?
Moppets is the plural of moppet.

Words near moppets in the dictionary

  1. mopper-up
  2. moppers
  3. moppers-up
  4. moppet
  5. moppetry
  6. moppets
  7. Moppett
  8. moppier
  9. moppiest
  10. mopping
  11. mopping down

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Adapted from Wiktionary: moppets (page history and authors); moppet (page history and authors). 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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