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