"popsy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-popsy.ogg [Australia] Forms: popsies [plural]
Etymology: From pop + -sy (hypocoristic suffix), compare pops. Etymology templates: {{af|en|pop|-sy|pos2=hypocoristic suffix}} pop + -sy (hypocoristic suffix), {{m|en|pops}} pops Head templates: {{en-noun}} popsy (plural popsies)
  1. (informal) Grandfather. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-popsy-en-noun-y8SmV3Zp Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -sy Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -sy: 50 50
  2. (informal) Father. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Male family members
    Sense id: en-popsy-en-noun-TZbGjCXi Disambiguation of Male family members: 10 76 15 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -sy Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -sy: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: popsie
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-popsy.ogg [Australia] Forms: popsies [plural]
Etymology: From poppet? Etymology templates: {{m|en|poppet}} poppet Head templates: {{en-noun}} popsy (plural popsies)
  1. (UK, slang, dated) A girl. Tags: UK, dated, slang
    Sense id: en-popsy-en-noun-LXP1y18R Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 18 77 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 10 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: popsie
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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