"hand puppet" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hand puppets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} hand puppet (plural hand puppets)
  1. A puppet operated by the hand, especially one in which the puppeteer's hand occupies and controls the head Wikipedia link: hand puppet Categories (topical): Puppets Synonyms: glove puppet Translations (puppet operated by the hand): 掌中木偶 (zhǎngzhōng mù'ǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), maňásek [masculine] (Czech), käsinukke (Finnish), marionnette à gaine [feminine] (French), Handpuppe [feminine] (German), 指人形 (yubiningyō) (alt: ゆびにんぎょう) (Japanese), pacynka [feminine] (Polish), перча́точная ку́кла (perčátočnaja kúkla) [feminine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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