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Dad's favourite child?
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poppet
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a mushroom-shaped valve that rises perpendicular from its seat; commonly used in internal-combustion engines [syn: poppet valve ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Puppet \Pup"pet\, n. [OE. popet, OF. poupette; akin to F. poup['e]e a doll, probably from L. puppa, pupa, a girl, doll, puppet. Cf. Poupeton , Pupa , Pupil , Puppy .] [Written also poppet .] A small image in the human form; a doll. A similar figure ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context informal English) An endearingly sweet or beautiful child. 2 (context informal English) A young woman or girl. 3 The stem and valve head in a poppet valve. 4 A figurine or image of idolatry. 5 A doll made in witchcraft to represent a person, ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"small human figure used in witchcraft and sorcery," c.1300, early form of puppet (n.). Meaning "small or dainty person" is recorded from late 14c.; later a term of endearment but also in other cases one of contempt.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ My, what a poppet , Jimmy already knew how to pick them.
Usage examples of poppet.
Heaf was there of course, with his sheep, Mrs Heaf, and Mackelyne was there with his, Mrs Mackelyne, and Strite was there with some dolly or poppet, and Supermaniam was there with one of his many-armed subcontinental divinities .
The Furies, it seemed, carried poppets, images of themselves stuffed full of pieces of their lives.
Out of the vast amount of source material available, out of the work of all the other specialists, the dreamers made the capsule life possible by imagining in sensory detail the new experiences that the poppets demanded.
There were some, he knew, who dreamed that sort of thing, and there were some death-wish poppets who went in for it.
She'd probably say worse than that about me, but the only thing she can think of is that since I dress like a boy sometimes, I might be a poppet or an androgyn.
And while I am dreaming, the little needles come and drink my blood, and then the laboratories analyze the proteins — the peptides, to be precise — and synthesize them, just as the brain does, and put them into little capsules, and the poppets pop it, you see?
He had his work, the surgery he had studied with only the most casual capsule assistance —coronoid, condyloid, styloid, mastoid, zygomatic arch, coronal suture — that brought him a steadily increasing number of patients as new ailments arose among the poppets, ailments whose diagnosis and treatment were not programmed into the computers.
Fresh herbs have more immediate energies than dried, though the latter are better in sachets and poppets.
I wouldn't try making a getaway, if I were you, poppet, unless you can change into a starling or squeeze into an empty milk churn.
Tease my miminy-piminy poppet before letting him have his little souvenir of Bardelask.
She's a poppet, an absolute gem, runs Rannaldini's houses, sorts out his finances, checks his contracts, protects him from importunate fans and ex-mistresses, looks after his hoards of fraightful kiddies, and whisks up supper whenever he invaites entire orchestras home without any warning.
When only the head is open, the person who made the last stitch should take it to the altar and fill the poppet with the charged herbs, speaking more healing words, and then sew up the head.