1
a
Midland US
: doll
b
obsolete
: marionette
2
chiefly British
: dear
3
a
: an upright support or guide of a machine that is fastened at the bottom only
b
: a valve that rises perpendicularly to or from its seat
Examples of poppet in a Sentence
a scruffy old poppet that had once belonged to my great grandmother
Recent Examples on the Web
The Teflon seal around a poppet, a thruster valve, expanded and started extruding out as the thruster headed up.
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Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik, Quartz, 5 Sep. 2024
In the Old World, hexing your enemies required use of candle magick, mysterious sigils or poppet dolls impaled by needles; in 2021, Nessa Barrett turns hexes into dark-pop hits.
—Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2021
Between 1902 and 1904, she was granted eight patents related to rotary engines, including sleeve-valve innovations that were improvements over conventional poppet valves.
—John Greathouse, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2021
Other events, Nunez says, have included poetry readings, concerts, tarot-card readings, artist gatherings, pop-up exhibits and workshops to make wands, intention poppets and other magical tools.
—Susan Dunne, courant.com, 2 Dec. 2019
Kate and William have the cutest nicknames for their kids: Kate calls Charlotte poppet, for example.
—Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, 23 May 2019
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Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik, Quartz, 5 Sep. 2024
In the Old World, hexing your enemies required use of candle magick, mysterious sigils or poppet dolls impaled by needles; in 2021, Nessa Barrett turns hexes into dark-pop hits.
—Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2021
Between 1902 and 1904, she was granted eight patents related to rotary engines, including sleeve-valve innovations that were improvements over conventional poppet valves.
—John Greathouse, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2021
Other events, Nunez says, have included poetry readings, concerts, tarot-card readings, artist gatherings, pop-up exhibits and workshops to make wands, intention poppets and other magical tools.
—Susan Dunne, courant.com, 2 Dec. 2019
Kate and William have the cutest nicknames for their kids: Kate calls Charlotte poppet, for example.
—Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, 23 May 2019
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“Poppet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poppet. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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