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puppet
[ puhp-it ]
noun
- 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.
- a person, group, government, etc., whose actions are prompted and controlled by another or others.
Synonyms: instrument, figurehead, pawn
- a small doll.
- Machinery. poppethead.
puppet
/ ˈpʌpɪt /
noun
- a small doll or figure of a person or animal moved by strings attached to its limbs or by the hand inserted in its cloth body
- ( as modifier )
a puppet theatre
- a person, group, state, etc, that appears independent but is in fact controlled by another
- ( as modifier )
a puppet government
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- puppet·like adjective
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Origin of puppet1
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Example Sentences
Based on his sock puppet, I expected him to be a burly bearded giant clad in plaid—basically, a Canadian Paul Bunyan.
In 2006, Israel's Rechov Sumsum added Mahboub, an Arab-Israeli puppet who spoke both languages on the series.
It was a hand, it was a puppet, it was half-CGI, but mostly puppetry.
In another study, children saw a puppet show where a mouse was eaten by an alligator.
So, in short, everyone knows Leung is a mere puppet with zero power and will read out whatever the communists dictate to him.
The puppet had been torn from Mazaroff's hands; those compromising papers had vanished from Countess Saens's drawer.
I have heard of puppet rulers before—woman whom I am delighted to learn has a human heart after all.
A number of persons were assembled in the tap-room of the inn, where a man was exhibiting a puppet-show.
If you would call me puppet to-morrow, we might strike a balance and find—what should we find?
Falser than the Bank of Fancy, frailer than a shilling glove, Puppet to a father's anger, minion to a nabob's love!
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