Lollipop

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lollipop \Lol"li*pop\, n. [Perhaps fr. Prov. E. loll to soothe +
     pope a mixed liquor.]
     1. A kind of sugar confection which dissolves easily in the
        mouth. [Archaic] --Thackeray.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. Hence: A piece of hard candy, often of discoid shape,
        attached to the end of a handle of wood or hard paper by
        which it is held in the hand while being licked; -- it is
        popular with small children.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lollipop
       n 1: ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick; "in England
            a popsicle is called an ice lolly" [syn: {ice lolly}, {lolly},
             {popsicle}]
       2: hard candy on a stick [syn: {sucker}, {all-day sucker}]