Puppet
/ˈpʌpɪt/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈpʌpɪt/
puppet
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Clear final sound
pup - pet -> Puppet
Myanmar meaning
(n) ရုပ်သေးရုပ်။ ယမင်းရုပ်။ လူတဦး၏ စိုးမိုးခြယ်လှယ်မှုကို ခံနေရခြင်း။
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puppet /'pʌpÇt/ n
၁။ (လက်ထိုး၊ ကြိုးဆွဲ) ရုပ်သေးရုပ်။ ရုပ်သေး။
a Batman puppet ❍ a puppet theatre/ show. See also GLOVE PUPPET, MARIONETTE
၂။ (usu derog ) ရုပ်သေး။ a puppet government/ state (ie one controlled by another power) ❍ The union representative was accused of being a puppet of the management.
❏ puppeteer /pʌpÇ'tÇǝ(r)/ n ရုပ်သေးဆရာ။
❏ puppetry /'pʌpÇtri/ n [U] ရုပ်သေးပညာ။ အမြင့်သဘင်။
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Synonyms
marionette, dummy, doll, glove-puppet, hand-puppet, finger-puppet, string-puppet, as advertised, cat's-paw, creature, dupe, figurehead, figurine, flunky, glove puppet, hand puppet, in effect only, in name only, instrument, jerk, lackey, lapdog, manikin, mannequin, minion, moppet, mouthpiece, nominal, patsy, pawn, pushover, schlemiel, self-styled, servant, soft touch, stooge, tool, victim
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