PUPPET


Meaning of PUPPET in English

noun

1 model of a person/animal

ADJECTIVE

▪ finger , glove ( BrE ), hand , shadow , sock

▪ wooden

VERB + PUPPET

▪ manipulate , work

a ~ controlled by strings

How do you work these ~s?

▪ make

PUPPET + NOUN

▪ play , show

▪ theatre/theater

▪ master

2 sb whose actions are controlled by sb else

ADJECTIVE

▪ mere ( esp. BrE )

The president is a mere ~ of his prime minister.

VERB + PUPPET

▪ control , manipulate

He's become a ~ manipulated by the government.

PUPPET + NOUN

▪ government , king , regime , state

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .