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- DictionaryPup·pet/ˈpəpət/
noun
- 1. a movable model of a person or animal that is used in entertainment and is typically moved either by strings controlled from above or by a hand inside it: "a puppet show"
The meaning of PUPPET is a small-scale figure (as of a person or animal) usually with a cloth body and hollow head that fits over and is moved by the hand. How to use puppet in a sentence.
a type of toy that looks like a person or animal and is moved by a person using strings or putting a hand inside it. disapproving A puppet is also a person or group whose actions are controlled by someone else: The mayor is a puppet who does what business leaders tell him to.
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.
A doll or figure controlled by a person so that it appears to be moving on its own is a puppet. A puppet can be fun, but if you feel like a puppet, it seems like someone is controlling you. Not fun. A puppet show, performed for an audience, is a kind of theater — with puppets instead of actors.
puppet. noun. /ˈpʌpɪt/. /ˈpʌpɪt/. a model of a person or an animal that can be made to move, for example by pulling strings attached to parts of its body or by putting your hand inside it. A puppet with strings is also called a marionette. a hand puppet. a puppet show.
1. a. 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. b. ( as modifier) a puppet theatre. 2. a. a person, group, state, etc, that appears independent but is in fact controlled by another.
a toy in the shape of a person or animal that you can move with strings or by putting your hand inside: a glove puppet.
