Puppet

Noun

 * 1) Any small model of a person or animal able to be moved by strings, rods or in the form of a glove.
 * 2)  A person, country, etc, controlled by another.

Derived terms

 * glove puppet
 * hand puppet


 * puppeteer
 * puppet government
 * puppetmaster


 * puppet regime
 * puppetry


 * shadow puppet
 * sock puppet

Related terms

 * marionette
 * muppet

Adjectives for Puppet
gyrating; mere; painted; exceeding; skilled; gesticulating.

Verbs for Puppet
carve—; dress up—; employ—; enjoy—; manipulate—; represent by—; —amuses; —capers; —delights; —depicts; —diverts; — enacts; —entertains; —frisks; —impersonates; —mimics; —mocks.

Thesaurus
Charlie McCarthy, Elzevir, Federal, adherent, agate, agent, amanuensis, ancilla, apple-polisher, appliance, ass-licker, baby, backscratcher, backslapper, baggage agent, ball, baseball bat, bat, battledore, bauble, blocks, bootlick, bootlicker, brown-nose, brownie, business agent, bust, carving, checkerboard, chessboard, cipher, claim agent, clawback, clerk, club, cockhorse, commercial agent, commission agent, consignee, contrivance, courtier, creature, cricket bat, cringer, cue, customer agent, device, disciple, doll, doll carriage, dolly, dud, dummy, duodecimo, dupe, factor, fantoccini, fawner, fed, federal agent, figure, figurehead, figurine, flatterer, flunky, follower, footlicker, freight agent, front, front man, functionary, general agent, gewgaw, gillie, gimcrack, gingerbread man, go-between, golf club, goon, groveler, handmaid, handmaiden, handshaker, hanger-on, helot, henchman, hireling, hobbyhorse, hollow man, implement, instrument, insurance agent, interagent, intermediary, intermediate, intermedium, jack-in-the-box, jackal, jacks, jackstones, jackstraw, jackstraws, kickshaw, knickknack, kowtower, lackey, land agent, law agent, lay figure, led captain, lever, lickspit, lickspittle, literary agent, loan agent, man, man of straw, manikin, mannequin, marble, marionette, mealymouth, mechanism, mediator, medium, microcosm, midwife, mig, mini, miniature, minion, minny, model, monument, myrmidon, nebbish, news agent, nobody, nominal head, nonentity, nothing, nullity, official, organ, paper doll, parliamentary agent, passenger agent, patsy, pawn, peon, pick-up sticks, pinwheel, plaything, portrait bust, press agent, purchasing agent, pushover, racket, rag doll, real estate agent, rocking horse, sales agent, satellite, scarecrow, sculpture, secretary, serf, servant, slave, snowman, spaniel, special agent, sport, station agent, statuary, statue, statuette, steelie, steward, stooge, subminiature, suck, sucker, sycophant, taw, teetotum, theatrical agent, thing of naught, thug, ticket agent, timeserver, toad, toady, tool, top, toy, toy soldier, travel agent, trifle, trinket, truckler, tufthunter, twelvemo, vehicle, votary, walking delegate, wax figure, waxwork, whim-wham, wood carving, yes-man, zero

Etymology
From poupette.

Hyphenation
pup·pet

Translations

 * Armenian: մարիոնետ, խամաճիկ, ,  խաղատիկնիկ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: marionet
 * Dutch: marionet
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: käsinukke (in glove form);, (moved with strings);  (generic)
 * French:


 * German: Handpuppe (in glove form), Marionette  (moved with strings)
 * Greek: μαριονέτα (marionéta)
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: パペット, 操り人形,  偶人
 * Korean: 꼭두각시 (kkokdugaksi)
 * Polish: (in glove form),  (moved with strings)
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: gille-mirein, pupaid
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: kukla


 * Danish: marionet
 * Finnish: nukkevaltio (country), (ruler);,  (person)
 * German:
 * Korean: 꼭두각시 (kkokdugaksi), 괴뢰 (goeroe)


 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: marionett, marionett- (e.g. marionettregering = controlled government, marionettstat = controlled country)


 * : boneka
 * : bábka (2, 4); bábika  (3)