Puppet
21puppet — noun 1) a show with puppets Syn: marionette, glove puppet, finger puppet 2) a puppet of the government Syn: pawn, tool, instrument, cat s paw, poodle, mouthpiece, stooge …
22Puppet — Pup|pet 〈[ pʌ̣pıt] n. 15〉 Marionette [engl.] * * * Pup|pet [ pʌpɪt], das; [s], s [engl. puppet, mengl. popet < afrz. poupette, Vkl. von: poupe, über das Vlat. < lat. pup(p)a, ↑ Puppe]: engl. Bez. für: Puppe für Puppenspiele. * * * Pup|pet [ …
23puppet — [16] Puppet, like its variant poppet [14], originally meant ‘doll’. It comes from Old French poupette, a diminutive form of *poupe ‘doll’. This in turn came from Vulgar Latin *puppa, a descendant of Latin pūpa ‘girl, doll’ (source of English pupa …
24puppet — n 1. marionette, dummy, doll, doll on a string, fantoccino, hand puppet, finger puppet, moppet; Howdy Doody, Charlie McCarthy, Punch, Judy, Punchinello. 2. pawn, instrument, tool, cat s paw, creature, figurehead, Inf. front or front man, man of… …
25puppet — [16] Puppet, like its variant poppet [14], originally meant ‘doll’. It comes from Old French poupette, a diminutive form of *poupe ‘doll’. This in turn came from Vulgar Latin *puppa, a descendant of Latin pūpa ‘girl, doll’ (source of English pupa …
26puppet — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English popet youth, doll, from Middle French poupette, diminutive of *poupe doll, from Vulgar Latin *puppa, alteration of Latin pupa Date: 1538 1. a. a small scale figure (as of a person or animal) …
27puppet — puppetlike, adj. /pup it/, n. 1. an artificial figure representing a human being or an animal, manipulated by the hand, rods, wires, etc., as on a miniature stage. Cf. hand puppet, marionette. 2. a person, group, government, etc., whose actions… …
28Puppet — Pup|pet [ pʌpit] das; [s], s <aus engl. puppet, dies über mittelfr. poupette »kleine Puppe«, Verkleinerungsform von poupe »Puppe«, vulgärlat. puppa aus lat. pupa> engl. Bez. für Puppe[nspiel], Marionette …
29puppet — pup•pet [[t]ˈpʌp ɪt[/t]] n. 1) a usu. small, doll like figure representing a human being or an animal, manipulated by the hand or by rods, wires, etc Compare hand puppet marionette 2) a person, group, or government whose actions are prompted and… …
30puppet — n. 1 a small figure representing a human being or animal and moved by various means as entertainment. 2 a person whose actions are controlled by another. Phrases and idioms: puppet State a country that is nominally independent but actually under… …
