puppet

Everyday

1. A puppet is a toy figure of a person or animal that you move with your hand, strings or sticks to act out a show. tree →
2. A person or group controlled by someone else, who does what they are told. tree →

In the lessons

Used at school in drama and crafts: making sock puppets, finger puppets and putting on a puppet show. In history: a "puppet ruler" is controlled by another country. Kinds: hand puppet, glove puppet, finger puppet, string puppet (marionette), shadow puppet.

Examples

• We made sock puppets in art. tree →
• The puppet show was very funny. tree →
• Pinocchio was a wooden puppet. tree →
• She moved the puppet's mouth with her hand. tree →
• Shadow puppets make shapes on the wall. tree →
• The string puppet danced across the stage. tree →
• The king was only a puppet of the rich lords. tree →
• The puppet which plays so important a part in this story is worthy of a special examination. tree →

Note

Countable: a puppet. Person who works a puppet: a puppeteer. A string puppet is also called a marionette.