Puppet

Pup′pet

,

Noun.

[OE.

popet

, OF.

poupette

; akin to F.

poupée

a doll, probably from L.

puppa

,

pupa

, a girl, doll, puppet. Cf.

,

,

,

.]

[Written also

poppet

.]

1.

A small image in the human form; a doll.

2.

A similar figure moved by the hand or by a wire in a mock drama; a marionette; a wooden actor in a play.

At the pipes of some carved organ move,
The gilded

puppets

dance.

Pope.

3.

One controlled in his action by the will of another; a tool; – so used in contempt.

Sir W. Scott.

4.

(Mach.)

The upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe.

Puppet master

.

Same as

Puppetman

.

–

Puppet play

,

a puppet show.

–

Puppet player

,

one who manages the motions of puppets.

–

Puppet show

,

a mock drama performed by puppets moved by wires.

–

Puppet valve

,

a valve in the form of a circular disk, which covers a hole in its seat, and opens by moving bodily away from the seat while remaining parallel with it, – used in steam engines, pumps, safety valves, etc. Its edge is often beveled, and fits in a conical recess in the seat when the valve is closed. See the valves shown in Illusts. of

Plunger pump

, and

Safety valve

, under

Plunger

, and

Safety

.

Puppet

PUP'PET

,

Noun.

[L. pupus. See Pup.]

1.

A small image in the human form, moved by a wire in a mock drama; a wooden tragedian.

2.

A doll.

3.

A word of contempt.

puppet

English

Bleeckie, an example of a rod puppet.

Noun

puppet ‎(plural puppets)

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

(Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Walter Scott to this entry?)

Economocracy is government of the people, for the plutocrats, by their puppets.‎
(obsolete) A poppet; a small image in the human form; a doll.
(engineering) The upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe.

Derived terms

puppetman
puppetmaster
puppet regime

puppet valve
shadow puppet
sock puppet

Related terms

Translations

movable model of a person or animal

Arabic: دُمْيَة f ‎(dumya)
Armenian: մարիոնետ (hy) ‎(marionet), խամաճիկ (hy) ‎(xamačik), տիկնիկ (hy) ‎(tiknik), խաղատիկնիկ (hy) ‎(xałatiknik)
Azeri: kukla (az)
Bashkir: ҡурсаҡ ‎(qursaq)
Belarusian: марыяне́тка f ‎(maryjanjétka), ля́лька f ‎(ljálʹka)
Bulgarian: ку́кла (bg) f ‎(kúkla), марионе́тка (bg) f ‎(marionétka)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 木偶 (zh) ‎(mù'ǒu), 人偶 ‎(rén'ǒu), 偶人 (zh) ‎(ǒurén)
Czech: loutka (cs) f
Danish: marionet
Dutch: marionet (nl) f
Esperanto: pupo
Estonian: hüpiknukk, marionett
Finnish: käsinukke (fi) (in glove form); sätkynukke (fi), marionetti (fi) (moved with strings); nukke (fi) (generic)
French: marionnette (fr) f
German: Handpuppe f (in glove form), Marionette (de) f (moved with strings)
Greek: μαριονέτα (el) f ‎(marionéta)
Hebrew: בובה \ בֻּבָּה (he) f ‎(bubá)
Hindi: कठपुतली (hi) f ‎(kaṭhputlī), गुड़िया (hi) f ‎(guṛiyā)
Hungarian: báb (hu)
Icelandic: brúða (is) f, leikbrúða f
Irish: puipéad
Italian: marionetta (it) f, fantoccio (it) m
Japanese: 傀儡 (ja) ‎(くぐつ, kugutsu), パペット ‎(papetto), 操り人形 ‎(ayatsuri ningyō), 偶人 ‎(ぐうじん, gūjin), 人形 (ja) ‎(にんぎょう, ningyō)
Kazakh: қуыршақ ‎(qwırşaq)

Korean: 꼭두각시 (ko) ‎(kkokdugaksi), 인형 (ko) ‎(inhyeong)
Lao: ຕຸກກະຕາ (lo) ‎(tuk ka tā)
Latin: neuropastum n, pupa f
Macedonian: кукла f ‎(kukla), марионе́та f ‎(marionéta)
Malay: boneka, anak patung
Maori: karetao, tokoraurape
Norwegian: marionett m
Bokmål: hånddukke m, f (in glove form)
Persian: عروسک (fa) ‎('arusak)
Polish: pacynka (pl) f (in glove form), marionetka (pl) f (moved with strings)
Portuguese: fantoche (pt) m
Romanian: păpușă (ro) f, marionetă (ro) f
Russian: марионе́тка (ru) f ‎(marionétka), ку́кла (ru) f ‎(kúkla)
Scottish Gaelic: gille-mirein m, pupaid f
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: лутка f

Roman: lȕtka (sh) f
Sinhalese: රූකඩ ‎(rūkaḍa)
Slovak: maňuška f, bábka f
Slovene: lutka (sl) f
Spanish: títere (es) m, marioneta f, fantoche (es) m
Swedish: marionett (sv) c
Tagalog: sebekoy
Thai: หุ่นเชิด ‎(hùn-chə̂ət)
Turkish: kukla (tr)
Ukrainian: маріоне́тка f ‎(marionétka), ля́лька (uk) f ‎(ljálʹka)
Vietnamese: con rối (vi)

doll — see doll

person or country controlled by another

Belarusian: марыяне́тка f ‎(maryjanjétka)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 傀儡 (zh) ‎(kuǐlěi)
Czech: loutka (cs) f
Danish: marionet
Finnish: nukkevaltio (country), nukkehallitsija (ruler); sätkynukke (fi), marionetti (fi) (person)
German: Marionette (de) f
Icelandic: leikbrúða f, strengjabrúða f
Italian: marionetta (it) f, fantoccio (it) m, pedina (it) f
Japanese: 人形 (ja) ‎(にんぎょう, ningyō)

Korean: 꼭두각시 (ko) ‎(kkokdugaksi), 괴뢰 (ko) ‎(goeroe)
Norwegian: marionett m
Bokmål: nikkedukke (no) m, f (literally "nodding doll")
Portuguese: marionete (pt) f, fantoche (pt) m
Russian: марионе́тка (ru) f ‎(marionétka)
Spanish: títere (es) m, marioneta f, fantoche (es) m
Swedish: marionett (sv), marionett- (e.g. marionettregering = controlled government, marionettstat = controlled country)
Ukrainian: маріоне́тка f ‎(marionétka)
Vietnamese: con rối (vi), bù nhìn (vi)

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