poppet

plural poppets

1. informalterm of endearmentAn endearingly sweet or beautiful child.
2. informalterm of endearmentA young woman or girl.

   Come 'ere, poppet!

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   Y'll be fess enough, my poppet, when th'st know!"

   1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 32

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 bilge

   1960, 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. nauticalOne of certain upright timbers on the bilge ways, used to support a vessel in launching.
6. engineeringAn upright support or guide fastened at the bottom only.