Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The art of making puppets and presenting puppet shows.
- noun The actions of puppets.
- noun A stilted or artificial dramatic performance.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Finery, as that of a doll or puppet; outward show; affectation.
- noun The exhibition of puppets or puppet-shows; a puppet-show.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Action or appearance resembling that of a puppet, or puppet show; hence, mere form or show; affectation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable The art of making, and performing with
puppets - noun countable The action of a puppet, or a
stilted or puppet-likedramatic performance
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a stilted dramatic performance (as if by puppets)
- noun the art of making puppets and presenting puppet shows
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Examples
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Professor Frank W. Ballard first taught classes in puppetry at UConn in 1964.
Her Campus: College Majors You Never Thought Existed Her Campus 2010
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I know that Joe demolishes your vanity-driven politics of purity, but that kind of sock-puppetry is really pathetic.
Matthew Yglesias » How Many Divisions Has Jane Hamsher? 2010
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I mean, D. Sock-puppetry is your bag, charles. joe from Lowell Says:
Matthew Yglesias » People Support Mandatory Carbon Emission Reduction Fee; Hate Carbon Tax 2010
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Professor Frank W. Ballard first taught classes in puppetry at UConn in 1964.
Her Campus: College Majors You Never Thought Existed Her Campus 2010
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Reiniger's shadow-puppetry is vaguely similar to that of Ms. Walker, whose films are projected on the back of the screen showing "Prince Achmed."
The Usual Suspects Lance Esplund 2010
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Lott's a bit sloppy at times, and his sock puppetry is nothing short of embarassing.
Balkinization 2007
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John Lott’s Mary Rosh sock-puppetry is a sign of extreme weirdness but does not constitute academic or scientific fraud as it does not involve the falsification of data or results.
The Volokh Conspiracy » A New Book Coming Soon from Michael Bellesiles 2010
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John Lott’s Mary Rosh sock-puppetry is a sign of extreme weirdness but does not constitute academic or scientific fraud as it does not involve the falsification of data or results.
The Volokh Conspiracy » A New Book Coming Soon from Michael Bellesiles 2010
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John Lott’s Mary Rosh sock-puppetry is a sign of extreme weirdness but does not constitute academic or scientific fraud as it does not involve the falsification of data or results.
The Volokh Conspiracy » A New Book Coming Soon from Michael Bellesiles 2010
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John Lott’s Mary Rosh sock-puppetry is a sign of extreme weirdness but does not constitute academic or scientific fraud as it does not involve the falsification of data or results.
The Volokh Conspiracy » A New Book Coming Soon from Michael Bellesiles 2010
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