Associations to the word «Poppet»

POPPET, noun. (informal) An endearingly sweet or beautiful child.

POPPET, noun. (informal) A young woman or girl.

POPPET, noun. The stem and valve head in a poppet valve.

POPPET, noun. A figurine or image of idolatry.

POPPET, noun. A doll made in witchcraft to represent a person, used in casting spells on that person.

POPPET, noun. (nautical) One of certain upright timbers on the bilge ways, used to support a vessel in launching.

POPPET, noun. (engineering) An upright support or guide fastened at the bottom only.

POPPET VALVE, noun. (mechanics) A valve (as in an internal combustion engine) which consists of a sliding shaft with a disk on the end (the disk being shaped to alternately plug and unplug a matching port) and which is operated by springs and possibly cams interacting with the shaft.

POPPET, noun. A mushroom-shaped valve that rises perpendicularly from its seat; commonly used in internal-combustion engines.