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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: , ,
- a small doll.
- Machinery. poppethead.
puppet
/ ˈ±èÊŒ±èɪ³Ù /
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
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of puppet1
Example Sentences
Contemporary documentary footage of different puppet shows across Asia are interspersed with vivid street scenes that offer a present-day glimpse of the locations where Edward and Molly’s romantic misadventures unspool.
For a moment, she played along, “Well, he is a puppet,†she said, “but no.â€
"SA is not a puppet of the US, we have the right to govern our country without any interference," he said.
He can’t figure out what he’s doing there either, but he galvanizes the show with a version of Prince’s “Purple Rain†retitled “Herman Cain†and ultimately proves that he’s nobody’s puppet.
Not until 1867 would France achieve a colonial dream in North America, with the brief, catastrophic “reign†of France’s puppet emperor, the Habsburg prince Maximilian, in Mexico.
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