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pup⋅pet
[puhp-it] 
–noun
| 1. | an artificial figure representing a human being or an animal, manipulated by the hand, rods, wires, etc., as on a miniature stage. Compare hand puppet, marionette. |
| 2. | a person, group, government, etc., whose actions are prompted and controlled by another or others. |
| 3. | a small doll. |
| 4. | Machinery. poppethead. |
Origin:
1350–1400; earlier poppet, ME popet, appar. alter. of MLG poppe doll < LL puppa, L pūpa doll; see -et
1350–1400; earlier poppet, ME popet, appar. alter. of MLG poppe doll < LL puppa, L pūpa doll; see -et
Related forms:
pup⋅pet⋅like, adjective
Synonyms:
2. pawn, figurehead, instrument.
2. pawn, figurehead, instrument.
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| pup·pet (pŭp'ĭt) n.
[Middle English poppet, doll, possibly from Anglo-Norman poppe, doll; see puppy.] |
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Puppet
Pup"pet\, n. [OE. popet, OF. poupette; akin to F. poup['e]e a doll, probably from L. puppa, pupa, a girl, doll, puppet. Cf. Poupeton, Pupa, Pupil, Puppy.] [Written also poppet.]1. A small image in the human form; a doll. 2. A similar figure moved by the hand or by a wire in a mock drama; a marionette; a wooden actor in a play. At the pipes of some carved organ move, The gilded puppets dance. --Pope. 3. One controlled in his action by the will of another; a tool; -- so used in contempt. --Sir W. Scott. 4. (Mach.) The upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe. Puppet master. Same as Puppetman. Puppet play, a puppet show. Puppet player, one who manages the motions of puppets. Puppet show, a mock drama performed by puppets moved by wires. Puppet valve, a valve in the form of a circular disk, which covers a hole in its seat, and opens by moving bodily away from the seat while remaining parallel with it, -- used in steam engines, pumps, safety valves, etc. Its edge is often beveled, and fits in a conical recess in the seat when the valve is closed. See the valves shown in Illusts. of Plunger pump, and Safety valve, under Plunger, and Safety.
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Language Translation for : puppet
Spanish:
títere, marioneta,
German:
die Marionette,
Japanese:
あやつり人形
puppet
1528 (implied in puppetry), from O.Fr. poupette, dim. of poupée "doll" (13c.), from V.L. *puppa, from L. pupa "girl, doll" (see pupil (1)). Metaphoric extension to "person whose actions are manipulated by another" first recorded 1550. Puppeteer is attested from 1930.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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