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If anyone would have been paying serious attention to my puppet shows, I would have been sent to therapy very young.
Bob Balaban

Meaning of "puppet" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PUPPET

Popet, perhaps from Old French poupette little doll, ultimately from Latin pūpa girl, doll.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PUPPET

puppet  [ˈpʌpɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PUPPET

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Puppet is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PUPPET MEAN IN ENGLISH?

puppet

Puppet

A puppet is an inanimate object or representational figure animated or manipulated by a puppeteer. It is used in puppetry, which is a very ancient form of theatre. A Kathputli show in Mandawa, Rajasthan, India There are many different varieties of puppets, and they are made of a wide range of materials, depending on their form and intended use. They can be extremely complex or very simple in their construction.

Definition of puppet in the English dictionary

The definition of puppet in the dictionary is 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. Other definition of puppet is a person, group, state, etc, that appears independent but is in fact controlled by another.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PUPPET


armpit
ˈɑːmˌpɪt
carpet
ˈkɑːpɪt
cockpit
ˈkɒkˌpɪt
decrepit
dɪˈkrɛpɪt
drapet
ˈdræpɪt
moppet
ˈmɒpɪt
muppet
ˈmʌpɪt
parapet
ˈpærəpɪt
pit
pɪt
Pitt
pɪt
poppit
ˈpɒpɪt
pulpit
ˈpʊlpɪt
respite
ˈrɛspɪt
snippet
ˈsnɪpɪt
spit
spɪt
sumpit
ˈsʌmpɪt
tapet
ˈtæpɪt
tappet
ˈtæpɪt
trumpet
ˈtrʌmpɪt
whippet
ˈwɪpɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PUPPET

pupillate
pupilship
pupiparous
pupped
puppet show
puppeteer
puppetlike
puppetry
puppies
pupping
Puppis
puppy
puppy farm
puppy fat
puppy love
puppydom
puppyhood
puppyish
puppyism
puppylike

WORDS THAT END LIKE PUPPET

berber carpet
ear trumpet
fitted carpet
frippet
glove puppet
hand puppet
lappet
magic carpet
on the carpet
Persian carpet
pet
poppet
red carpet
shag carpet
sippet
skippet
sock puppet
strumpet
teacher´s pet
trippet

Synonyms and antonyms of puppet in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PUPPET»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «puppet» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of puppet

Translation of «puppet» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PUPPET

Find out the translation of puppet to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of puppet from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «puppet» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

木偶
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

marioneta
570 millions of speakers

English

puppet
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कठपुतली
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

دُمْيَةٌ مُتَحَرِّكَةٌ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

марионетка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

marionete
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পুতুল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

marionnette
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Boneka
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Marionette
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

あやつり人形
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

꼭두각시
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wayang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

con rối
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கைப்பாவை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कठपुतळी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kukla
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

marionetta
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

marionetka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

лялька
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

păpușă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μαριονέτα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

handpop
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

docka
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dukke
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of puppet

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PUPPET»

The term «puppet» is very widely used and occupies the 16.943 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PUPPET» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about puppet

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10 QUOTES WITH «PUPPET»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word puppet.
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Fede Alvarez
As a director, there is nothing more fun than seeing an audience screaming and jumping. You are the ultimate puppet master, controlling the emotions of the audience.
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Kevin Bacon
I think of being an actor as kind of a young man's gig. It's emasculating, in a way, people messing with you and putting make-up on you and telling you when to wake up and when to go to sleep, holding your hand to cross the street. I can do it up to a certain point, and then I start to feel like a puppet.
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Bob Balaban
If anyone would have been paying serious attention to my puppet shows, I would have been sent to therapy very young.
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Peter Camejo
The United States is not for democracy in Iraq, it's for setting up a puppet government.
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Nina Conti
Having a puppet is a way of having opposing opinions - I say a thing; he says the other.
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Nina Conti
When I'm gigging, there's an uneasy shift when I pull a puppet out. People look at me aghast and I feel I have about 20 seconds to win them over. You even get the prejudice among other people in your own profession.
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Arthur Darvill
When I was young, my mum was part of a brilliant puppet theatre that toured all over the world.
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Jonathan Davis
I feel like Obama's an Illuminati puppet.
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Carmen Ejogo
I dabbled a little bit in the whole music thing but I've always thought about Bernie Taupin, who is Elton John's lyricist; Elton John is the great melody and song writer but Bernie Taupin is the one who writes all the lyrics. I don't write lyrics, and I never wanted to be in the music business if I was just going to be a puppet in it.
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Oriana Fallaci
Khomeini was not a puppet like Arafat or Qaddafi or the many other dictators I met in the Islamic world. He was a sort of Pope, a sort of king - a real leader.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUPPET»

Discover the use of puppet in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to puppet and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Pro Puppet
Offers information on the installation, use, and development using the configuration managmenet software.
Spencer Krum, William Van Hevelingen, Ben Kero, 2013
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Managing Infrastructure with Puppet
If you’re new to Puppet, but familiar with systems administration and Ruby language basics, this book is the ideal way to start using this open source framework.
James Loope, 2011
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Puppet Mania!
John Kennedy offers 13 original puppet projects, along with 30 featured puppets. Each project has straightforward instructions, showing how to bring the creations to life.
John Kennedy, 2004
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Pro Puppet
A small shell script serves as the post-receive hook and uses SSH to log into the Puppet master to run the second component of the hook. We will need to set up ssh-key auth in two directions. The Git user on the Git server will need to be able  ...
Spencer Krum, William Van Hevelingen, Ben Kero, 2013
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Pulling Strings with Puppet: Configuration Management Made Easy
What you’ll learn Properly install and configure Puppet in order to begin immediately maximizing its capabilities Create reporting solutions to more easily monitor automated outcomes Extend Puppet to perform tasks that are capable of ...
James Turnbull, 2008
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The Shadow Puppet Theatre of Malaysia: A Study of Wayang ...
"This book explores the Malaysian form of shadow puppet theatre, highlighting its nature within the context of Southeast Asian shadow puppet theatre traditions.
Beth Osnes, 2010
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Little Duck: Finger Puppet Book
A brightly colored finger puppet attached to each book peeks out from every spread. Sure to make a little one smile.
Chronicle Books, ImageBooks Staff, 2005
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One-Person Puppet Plays
Discusses puppets, puppet stages, props, scenery, and performance techniques, and shares plays with folklore, holiday, and library themes
Denise Anton Wright, 1990
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Puppet 3 Cookbook
Puppet 3 Cookbook is written in a Cookbook style, showing you how to set up and expand your Puppet infrastructure.
John Arundel, 2013
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Puppet Types and Providers
This concise guide shows you how to extend that model and implement custom functionality on top of Puppet by working with the type and provider APIs.
Dan Bode, Nan Liu, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PUPPET»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term puppet is used in the context of the following news items.
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Broadway play sued over sock puppet 'Who's on First?' routine
Abbott and Costello's heirs are crying foul after a Broadway play used a satanic sock puppet to perform part of the comedians' famed "Who's on First?" baseball ... «Fox News, Jun 15»
2
'I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story' celebrates 'Sesame Street …
In between, he spent years in local kids' TV playing kooky characters and performing with a variety of puppets. Then he met Jim Henson at a puppetry festival. «New Haven Register, May 15»
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Review: 'Hand to God' Features a Foul-Talking Puppet
The terrible Tyrone is, in short, a hand puppet. If you imagine that to be merely a punch line, forget it. The fearsome critter, who takes possession of a troubled ... «New York Times, Apr 15»
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Great British Bake off stars parodied in ITV's new puppet show …
Following in the footsteps of Spitting Image, whose rubber puppets lampooned the great and the good, the Newzoids will poke fun at Bake Off stars Paul ... «Daily Mail, Apr 15»
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ITV puppet show Newzoids takes aim at politicians and celebrities
A new ITV puppet show promises a “biting look at the world of politics and celebrity”, ... Get Me Out of Here! and puppet takes on Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage, ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
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Laika Auction: Over 250 Puppets, Props and More Up for Sale
The animation studio has just announced an auction — the first in the company's history — with over 250 puppets, props, models, and art pieces up for grabs. «/FILM, Jan 15»
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South African ventriloquist and puppet beat gag attempt by Afrikaans …
A South Africa ventriloquist has overturned an injunction on using his mixed-race puppet to criticise a controversial and outspoken Afrikaans pop star on Twitter. «Telegraph.co.uk, Nov 14»
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South African court gags ventriloquist's puppet
Conrad Koch and his puppet, Chester Missing South African comedian Conrad Koch with his puppet, Chester Missing. Photograph: Schalk Van Zuydam/AP. «The Guardian, Nov 14»
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Puppet Labs: US software firm creates 100 jobs in Belfast
Puppet Labs, a US software company, is creating 100 jobs in Belfast with the establishment of an engineering centre. The firm works in the field of development ... «BBC News, Sep 14»
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CBS Sued Over 'NCIS' Farting Hippo Puppet
The plaintiff is Folkmanis Inc., which says it makes "high quality, three-dimensional soft sculptural works, including stuffed animal puppets of original design.". «Hollywood Reporter, Aug 14»

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