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poppit

poppit is the alternative form of poppet.

Meaning of poppet

Noun

poppet (plural poppets)

  1. (informal, term of endearment) An endearingly sweet or beautiful child.
  2. (informal, term of endearment) A young woman or girl.
    • Come 'ere, poppet!
  3. 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 bilge1960, Submarine Torpedo Tubes
  4. A doll (such as a voodoo doll) made in witchcraft to represent a person, used in casting spells on that person.
  5. One of certain upright timbers on the bilge ways, used to support a vessel in launching.
  6. An upright support or guide fastened at the bottom only.

Forms of poppit

pluralpoppits

Questions about poppit

What is poppit the alternative form of?
Poppit is the alternative form of poppet.

Words near poppit in the dictionary

  1. poppinjay
  2. poppinjays
  3. poppish
  4. poppism
  5. poppisms
  6. poppit
  7. poppits
  8. popple
  9. poppled
  10. popples
  11. Popplestone

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Adapted from Wiktionary: poppit (page history and authors); poppet (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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