moppet
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 6
Definition of moppet
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(colloquial)A child. Often used lovingly or in an affectionate way.
“They are also very sympathetic, especially Caesar’s orangutan advisor, Maurice (Karin Konoval), who takes a shine to a human moppet (Amiah Miller) he finds hiding in the back of a shack, and the poignant Bad Ape (a scene-stealing Steve Zahn), a mangy chimp who was beaten so often in his zoo-animal days that he came to believe what his handlers were shouting was supposed to be his name.”
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noun
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(colloquial)A child. Often used lovingly or in an affectionate way.
“They are also very sympathetic, especially Caesar’s orangutan advisor, Maurice (Karin Konoval), who takes a shine to a human moppet (Amiah Miller) he finds hiding in the back of a shack, and the poignant Bad Ape (a scene-stealing Steve Zahn), a mangy chimp who was beaten so often in his zoo-animal days that he came to believe what his handlers were shouting was supposed to be his name.”
- (dated)A rag baby; a puppet made of cloth.
- (dated)A long-haired pet dog.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From mop (“child, girl”) + -et.
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