Definitions for puppet

puppet pup·pet

Spelling: [puhp-it]
IPA: /ˈpʌp ɪt/

Puppet is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 33 anagrams from letters in puppet (eppptu).

Definitions for puppet

noun

  1. an artificial figure representing a human being or an animal, manipulated by the hand, rods, wires, etc., as on a miniature stage. Compare hand puppet, marionette.
  2. a person, group, government, etc., whose actions are prompted and controlled by another or others.
  3. a small doll.
  4. Machinery. poppethead.

Origin of puppet

1350-1400; earlier poppet, Middle English popet, apparently alteration of Middle Low German poppe doll Late Latin puppa, Latin pūpa doll; see -et

Examples for puppet

One of the student leaders, Joshua Wong, was accused of being a puppet of the American government.

It was a hand, it was a puppet, it was half-CGI, but mostly puppetry.

In 2006, Israel's Rechov Sumsum added Mahboub, an Arab-Israeli puppet who spoke both languages on the series.

It is said in this country, yes, and in others, that the Czar is a puppet.

He might be a puppet's puppet, but he knew exactly the disposition of the strings.

GoDaddy: puppet Master Scantily clad women and sexy Danica Patrick are so last year.

"Perhaps I shall see you at your puppet show some evening," he said.

I myself should be a puppet, a doll, at the beck and call of a master.

In another study, children saw a puppet show where a mouse was eaten by an alligator.

She would be of age in a day or two, no longer the puppet of her father's will.

Word Value for puppet
Scrable

12

Words with friends

16

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