Definition of puppet

• n. - A small image in the human form; a doll.
• n. - A similar figure moved by the hand or by a wire in a mock drama; a marionette; a wooden actor in a play.
• n. - One controlled in his action by the will of another; a tool; -- so used in contempt.
• n. - The upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe.