hand puppet
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2.5
- noun
- /hænd ˈpʌpɪt/
- Children love to play with hand puppets during the school theater performance.
- use hand puppets
- dinosaur hand puppet
- little hand puppet
Examples
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Marvin reaches in his briefcase and removes two hand puppets.
Fiction book (1991) -
These exquisite hand puppets are recommended for children ages four and up.
Academic text (1995) -
If not, let the talking hand puppet fill you in.
Blog text (8) -
It was a hand puppet that the Professor took with him everywhere he went.
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They're hand puppets, not marionettes, on Mister Rogers'.
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Not only was I a dinosaur freak, I was also tired of sleeping with a beat-up old hand puppet that I kept under my pillow.
Fiction book (2001) -
The removed eggs were artificially incubated, and the chicks were raised by keepers using hand puppets to mimic adult birds.
Academic text (1999) -
Zookeepers use hand puppets resembling adult condors to feed California condor chicks hatched and raised in captivity.
Academic text (1999) -
She used a hand puppet to entertain the kids at the birthday party.
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The hand puppet was made from colorful fabric and had a big smiley face.
Synonyms
195
1.9
A doll moved by hand or strings for shows
1
3.9
A small puppet that you put over your hand and move with your fingers
1
7.2
A puppet made by putting a sock on your hand and moving it
A small puppet you wear on your hand and move with your fingers
How Complex
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'hand' (the manual extremity) + 'puppet' (a figure manipulated), indicating a puppet operated by the hand. This simple noun-noun compound follows transparent, cross-linguistic logic and would be predictable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Hand puppet is a puppet you put your hand into so your fingers move its head and body. The name comes from the clear picture of a hand inside the puppet, which is why it means this kind of puppet.