sockpuppet
sockpuppet is the alternative form of sock puppet.
Meaning of sock puppet
Noun
sock puppet (plural sock puppets)
- A puppet made from a sock placed over a hand.
- Synonym of puppet (“a person completely controlled by another”)
- Synonyms:
- puppet
- An alternative pseudonymous online account, especially one used for abuse.
- Trying to prove that a new user is simply a previous user in a new sock puppet is quite hard for the ordinary user and even administrators.2009, Andrew Lih, The Wikipedia Revolution, page 303
- Synonyms:
- sock, smurf account
Forms of sockpuppet
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | sockpuppets |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | sockpuppets |
| present participle | sockpuppeting |
| past participle | sockpuppeted |
| past | sockpuppeted |
Questions about sockpuppet
- What is sockpuppet the alternative form of?
- Sockpuppet is the alternative form of sock puppet.
Words near sockpuppet in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sockpuppet (page history and authors); sock puppet (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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