Associations to the word «Poppet»
Noun
- Valve
- Piston
- Exhaust
- Cam
- Cylinder
- Rotary
- Pegasus
- Gear
- Sleeve
- Rocker
- Doll
- Engine
- Intake
- Locomotive
- Inlet
- Kw
- Hp
- Slide
- Plug
- Marker
- Herb
- Stroke
- Timing
- Gasoline
- Pin
- Sodium
- Shaft
- Fuel
- Bristol
- Bolt
- Shelf
- Pressure
- Mess
- Admission
- Mixture
- Gas
- Fury
- Output
- Stem
- Cycle
- Witch
- Pot
- Ram
- Efficiency
- Port
- Head
- Nurse
- Type
- Design
- Spring
- Flow
- Ann
- Speed
- Open
- Beat
- Oil
- Knight
- Ring
- Six
- Up
- Elizabeth
- Dog
- Four
- Leg
- Advantage
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
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.
Dictionary definition
POPPET, noun. A mushroom-shaped valve that rises perpendicularly from its seat; commonly used in internal-combustion engines.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.