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Recent Examples of moppet Gabriel Byrne shows up as a nasty villain known as the Chancellor, who has kidnaped the adorable moppet Ella (Ava Joyce McCarthy) and whisked her off to a bucolic Alpine village where a society of ruthless killers are able to raise, and train, their children in peace. Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 6 June 2025 The Girl with the Needle portrays that girl as a blonde moppet named Erena (Avo Knox Martin) to whom Karoline becomes a surrogate mother. Esther Zuckerman, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024 So sometimes Poppa’s House wants to focus on different generational views on child-rearing, since Junior and Nina have a pair of cute moppets. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Oct. 2024 The Girl with the Needle portrays that girl as a blonde moppet named Erena (Avo Knox Martin) to whom Karoline becomes a surrogate mother. Esther Zuckerman, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024 So sometimes Poppa’s House wants to focus on different generational views on child-rearing, since Junior and Nina have a pair of cute moppets. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Oct. 2024 The one saving grace of this mercenary gorefest is its pronounced mean streak; not even adorable moppets are safe from the movie’s nasty, messy, indiscriminate bloodlust, which makes the inexplicable decision to release the movie on Christmas Day even funnier. A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2024 Unlike a lot of movie moppets, Leila is neither protagonist nor prop. Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2023 He’s taken aback to realize that the adorable moppet who left him soy milk 20-some years ago (as we’re reminded of in one of the miniseries’ occasional inclusions of grainy clips from the 1994 film) has grown into an aimless 30something (Casey Wilson) who’s forgotten all about him. Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Nov. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moppet
Noun
  • The podcast tells a great story that will engage all ages—but especially kids interested in outer space (and what kid isn’t?).
    Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
  • The watch incentivizes kids to charge and wear their smartwatch with a gaming platform called Fitbit Arcade, and includes data in the very reasonable $10/month subscription plan.
    Simon Hill, Wired News, 12 July 2025
Noun
  • The Elmore County Sheriff’s Office and Elmore County paramedics responded to a call at 1:47 p.m. Saturday about an object piercing a windshield and injuring a child, the Sheriff’s Office said Monday in a news release.
    Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 14 July 2025
  • Around this time, a person broke a window and successfully rescued a child from the home while flames began to spread, police said.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2025

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“Moppet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moppet. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.

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