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puppets

puppets is the plural of puppet.

puppets is the third-person singular simple present indicative of puppet.

Meaning of puppet

Noun

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.
    • 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 repose1820 March, [Walter Scott], The Monastery. A Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Co....
    Synonyms:
    monkey, creature, sport
  3. (obsolete) A poppet; a small image in the human form; a doll.
  4. The upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe.

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Phrases with puppets

Questions about puppets

What is puppets the plural of?
Puppets is the plural of puppet.

Words near puppets in the dictionary

  1. puppetmaster
  2. puppetmasters
  3. puppetmen
  4. puppetries
  5. puppetry
  6. puppets
  7. puppie
  8. puppied
  9. puppies
  10. puppification
  11. puppihood

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