as in kid
a young person who is between infancy and adulthood
a host of adorable moppets were hired for the ad campaign
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Recent Examples of moppet
The Girl with the Needle portrays that girl as a blonde moppet named Erena (Avo Knox Martin) to whom Karoline becomes a surrogate mother.
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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
From 1935 through 1938, the curly-haired moppet billed as Shirley Temple was the top box-office draw in the nation.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2023
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
From 1935 through 1938, the curly-haired moppet billed as Shirley Temple was the top box-office draw in the nation.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moppet
Noun
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The massacre, which also wounded 21 people, became a blueprint for dozens of copycats and shattered the notion that kids were safe in school.—
Terry Collins,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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Below, here are all of the comments Elon Musk has made about his ever-growing number of kids.—
Jordana Comiter,
People.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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Most of the justices sounded sympathetic to a group of Maryland parents who want their elementary school children excused from class when the books are being read.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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The surface contained scores of portraits made by children with baker’s clay, then turned into 42 bronze panels.—
Robert Taylor,
Mercury News,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Moppet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moppet. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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