lollipop

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: lol=li=pop

CIDE DICTIONARY

lollipop, n. [Perhaps fr. Prov. E. loll to soothe + pope a mixed liquor.].

•  A kind of sugar confection which dissolves easily in the mouth.  Thackeray.  [1913 Webster]
•  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]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

lollipop, n. a large usu. flat rounded boiled sweet on a small stick.

Idiom

lollipop man (or lady or woman) Brit. colloq. an official using a circular sign on a stick to stop traffic for children to cross the road, esp. near a school.

Etymology

perh. f. dial. lolly tongue + POP(1)

ROGET THESAURUS

lollipop

Sweetness

N sweetness, dulcitude, sugar, syrup, treacle, molasses, honey, manna, confection, confectionary, sweets, grocery, conserve, preserve, confiture, jam, julep, sugar-candy, sugar-plum, licorice, marmalade, plum, lollipop, bonbon, jujube, comfit, sweetmeat, apple butter, caramel, damson, glucose, maple sirup, maple syrup, maple sugar, mithai, sorghum, taffy, nectar, hydromel, mead, meade, metheglin, honeysuckle, liqueur, sweet wine, aperitif, sugar cane, sugar beets, desert, pastry, pie, cake, candy, ice cream, tart, puff, pudding (food), dulcification, dulcoration, sweetener, corn syrup, cane sugar, refined sugar, beet sugar, dextrose, artificial sweetener, saccharin, cyclamate, aspartame, Sweet'N Low, sweet, saccharine, sacchariferous, dulcet, candied, honied, luscious, lush, nectarious, melliferous, sweetened, sweet as a nut, sweet as sugar, sweet as honey, sickly sweet, eau sucr_ee, sweets to the sweet.