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Definition of puppet - 3 dictionary results

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

Related forms:

pup⋅pet⋅like, adjective

Synonyms:
2. pawn, figurehead, instrument.

[pop-it-hed]

–noun

a tailstock or headstock of a lathe.

Also called poppet, puppet.

Origin:
1655–65; poppet + head

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pup·pet (pŭp'ĭt)

A small figure of a person or animal, having a cloth body and hollow head, designed to be fitted over and manipulated by the hand.
A figure having jointed parts animated from above by strings or wires; a marionette.
A toy representing a human figure; a doll.
One whose behavior is determined by the will of others: a political puppet.

[Middle English poppet, doll, possibly from Anglo-Norman poppe, doll; see puppy.]

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