Associations to the word «Poppet»

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

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