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marionetting

marionetting is the present participle and gerund of marionette.

Meaning of marionette

Verb

marionette (third-person singular simple present marionettes, present participle marionetting, simple past and past participle marionetted)

  1. (transitive) To control (somebody) as if they were a puppet; to manipulate.

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Questions about marionetting

What is marionetting the present participle and gerund of?
Marionetting is the present participle and gerund of marionette.

Words near marionetting in the dictionary

  1. marionette line
  2. marionette lines
  3. marionetted
  4. marionettelike
  5. marionettes
  6. marionetting
  7. marionettish
  8. marionettist
  9. marionettists
  10. marionite
  11. Marions

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Adapted from Wiktionary: marionetting (page history and authors); marionette (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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