poppa
/ˈpɒpə
/noun North American
Informal term for father. [as name]: oh, Poppa will be pleased...
- Give poppa a hug and send some more money this way.
- She smiled at Kurt and said softly, ‘Babies always look like their poppas.’
- It seems proud poppas are the same the world over.
Origin
Late 19th century: alteration of papa.
Rhymes
- pseudo-event
- pseudo-eventful
- pseudo-existence
- pseudoextinction
- pseudofaecal
- pseudofaeces
- pseudofecal
- pseudofeces
- pseudo-folk
- pseudofossil
- pseudofovea
- pseudofracture
- pseudo-fruit
- pseudogalena
- pseudogamous
- pseudogamy
- pseudogastrula
- pseudogene
- pseudogeneric
- pseudogenus
- pseudogeusia
- pseudogley
- pseudoglioma
- pseudoglobulin
- pseudo-Gothic