puppet

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.

• enPR: pŭpʹĭt, IPA^(key): /ˈpʌpɪt/

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• Rhymes: -ʌpɪt
• Hyphenation: pup‧pet

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puppet (plural puppets)

1. Any small model of a person or animal able to be moved by strings or rods, or in the form of a glove.
2. (figuratively) A person, country, etc, controlled by another.
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     These men , from no worse motive that could be discovered than a thirst after knowledge beyond their sphere , committed burglary upon the barn in which the puppets had been consigned to repose

3. (obsolete) A poppet; a small image in the human form; a doll.
4. (engineering) The upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe.

• (a person directed by another): monkey (with reference to organ grinders)

puppet (third-person singular simple present puppets, present participle puppeting, simple past and past participle puppeted)

1. (transitive, also figuratively) To control or manipulate like a puppet.

• marionette
• muppet
• puppy