Popsicle
Americannoun
Explanation
A popsicle is a sweet, frozen treat on a stick. There's nothing like a bright red, cherry-flavored popsicle on a hot summer day. This word is commonly used for any water-based frozen dessert that you lick while holding a stick. Popsicle is actually a brand name for a specific company's ice pop. The first Popsicle was accidentally invented in 1905 by an 11-year-old who left a sweet drink outside overnight with a stirring stick in it. The liquid froze to the stick, and eight years later he began selling them, calling the cold treats Popsicles, modeled after "icicle."
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Example Sentences
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The craft activity this day involved Popsicle sticks, which the girls were gluing together to make picture frames.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2024
Grab an icy drink or a Popsicle and be cool like this week’s Slate News Quiz.
From Slate • Jul. 7, 2023
To illustrate how small 10 percent was, he passed out Popsicle sticks.
From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2023
The pepperoni pizza pops — puff pastry stuffed with provolone and the spicy salami, then skewered like a Popsicle — are exactly the kind of junk-food fantasia you expect from Fieri.
From Washington Post • Mar. 6, 2023
A few seconds earlier, my phone chirped and I dropped my Popsicle while trying to get to my pocket as fast as possible.
From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks
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