transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpə-pət ]
noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English popet youth, doll, from Middle French poupette, diminutive of * poupe doll, from Vulgar Latin * puppa, alteration of Latin pupa
Date: 1538
1.
a. : a small-scale figure (as of a person or animal) usually with a cloth body and hollow head that fits over and is moved by the hand
b. : marionette
2. : doll 1
3. : one whose acts are controlled by an outside force or influence
a puppet ruler
• pup·pet·like -ˌlīk adjective