lollipop
pronunciation
How to pronounce lollipop in British English:
UK [ˈlɒlipɒp]
How to pronounce lollipop in American English:
US [ˈlɑlipɑp]
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- Noun:
- ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick
- hard candy on a stick
Word Origin
- lollipop (n.)
- 1784, lolly-pops "sweetmeats, soft candy," perhaps related to loll "to dangle" (the tongue) + pop "strike, slap." Or the first element may be northern dialectal lolly "the tongue." Meaning "hard candy on a stick" is from 1920s.
Example
- 1. If you 'll be making chocolate lollipops , remember to buy some lollipop sticks as well .
- 2. A pink lollipop has fallen to the ground in london , smashing a miniature audi convertible no bigger than a lego brick .
- 3. The song " lollipop " , for example , celebrates a young lady who treats lil wayne as she might a lollipop .
- 4. Wells walked out , sucking on a dum dum lollipop he grabbed from the counter , hopped into his car , and drove off .
- 5. When metro bank , which claims to be britain 's first new high-street bank for more than 150 years , opens its first branch on july 29th in inner london , customers will notice the lollipop jars and water bowls for dogs .