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lollipop

lollipop

1 1.0
A cold sweet on a small stick made from ice cream or frozen juice that you lick
  • noun
  • /ˈlɑːlɪpɒp/
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  • "She takes the lollipop from her grandmama's mouth, lays it on the plate next to the peas."

Examples

  • I'll give you a lollipop.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • At the fair, I enjoyed a strawberry-flavored lollipop while watching the games.

  • You gave me a lollipop for being a good patient.

  • I'll give you a lollipop when we're done, huh?

  • I haven't had a lollipop since.

  • There are over 100 flavors of lollipop on the market, not one of which turns your tongue black.

  • Two lollipops.

  • You can find school notes, one sock, an assortment of snacks, a packet of baby wipes, a broken photo frame made from Paddle Pop sticks, and a lint-covered lollipop.

    Blog text (16)
  • She picked out a bright green lollipop from the candy store to enjoy later.

  • The children were excited to receive a lollipop after finishing their schoolwork.

Synonyms

popsicle
vslollipop
  • US
48 1.4

A frozen sweet treat on a stick made from juice or water

also includes versions made from ice cream rather than only liquid
lolly
vslollipop
  • UK
6 6.4

A sweet treat on a stick like a lollipop or an ice pop

refers specifically to frozen treats on a small stick rather than all sweets
ice lolly
vslollipop
  • UK
2.0

A sweet frozen treat on a small stick like a popsicle

is the same frozen treat but uses the other regional term
trough lolly
vslollipop
  • Australian
9.9

A long flat ice cream on a stick that you eat by licking

is the smaller compact frozen treat rather than a large rectangular one

Idioms

The worst part of a situation that someone gets

Compounds

7.0

A woman who helps children cross the road near a school while holding a stop sign

6.6

A person who stops traffic to help children cross the road near a school

A woman who stops traffic to help children cross near a school

How Cold

lollipop
1 1.0
ice cream
403 1.0
slush
  • UK
26 1.4
milkshake
72 1.0

Surface Forms

lollipop singular
lollipops plural

Morphology

lollipop = lolly + pop (semi-transparent) = lolly + pop

The compound form is clear historically, but the meaning is conventionalized (including frozen variants like ice-cream-on-a-stick) so component meanings do not directly predict all uses.

Etymology

Lollipop The same parts, lolly and pop, later were used for cold sweets on a stick, so in Britain you often hear 'ice lolly' and in the US 'popsicle'. That's why a lollipop can also mean a frozen treat you lick on a stick.