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noun
Any small model of a person or animal able to be moved by strings or rods, or in the form of a glove.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A person, country, etc, controlled by another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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noun
A poppet; a small image in the human form; a doll.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
The upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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verb
To control or manipulate like a puppet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: also, figuratively, transitive
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noun
a doll with a hollow head of a person or animal and a cloth body; intended to fit over the hand and be manipulated with the fingers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: doll, dolly
Narrower terms: hand puppet, glove puppet, glove doll
noun
a small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: marionette
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Broader terms: figure
noun
a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: creature, tool
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Broader terms: slave
History
From Middle English popet, probably from, though attested earlier than, Middle French poupette, diminutive of poupée (cf. also Medieval Latin *pupata), ultimately derived from Latin pupa (“doll, puppet; girl”). The nominal form first appears c. 1531, and the verbal form c. 1635. See also puppy.
Across languages
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