a term of affection for a small child or sweetheart
2. Also called: poppet valve
a mushroom-shaped valve that is lifted from its seating against a spring by applying an axial force to its stem: commonly used as an exhaust or inlet valve in an internal-combustion engine
3. nautical
a temporary supporting brace for a vessel hauled on land or in a dry dock
Word origin
C14: early variant of puppet
poppet in American English
(ˈpɑpɪt)
noun
1.
tailstock
2.
a valve that moves into and from its seat: often cam-driven and spring-loaded for a rapid repeating, popping action as in a gasoline engine
: in full poppet valve
3.
any of certain timbers used to support a ship about to be launched
4.
a. Obsolete
a doll
b. British, Informal
a term of endearment, as for a child or sweetheart
Word origin
var. of puppet
poppet in Mechanical Engineering
(pɒpɪt)
Word forms: (regular plural) poppets
noun
(Mechanical engineering: Fluid engineering)
A poppet is a mushroom-shaped valve often used as an exhaust or inlet valve in an internal-combustionengine.
Poppets are sometimes called mushroom valves, because of their shape.
Poppet valves are used in most piston engines to open and close the exhaust ports in thecylinder heads.
A poppet is a mushroom-shaped valve often used as an exhaust or inlet valve in an internal-combustionengine.
Examples of 'poppet' in a sentence
poppet
She doesn't seem to be making any progress and her leg is still so weak she can't walk at all, poor poppet.
Brent-Dyer, Elinor CHALLENGE FOR THE CHALET SCHOOL (1995)
Ferry was a poppet as a rule, but when you go on the wrong side of her - look out!
Brent-Dyer, Elinor CHALLENGE FOR THE CHALET SCHOOL (1995)
"Then she turned and said into the shadows," Come, my poppet.
Gregory Maguire WICKED: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST (1995)