"sock puppet" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sock puppet.wav Forms: sock puppets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sock puppet (plural sock puppets)
  1. A puppet made from a sock placed over a hand. Translations (simple puppet made from a sock): 襪公仔 (Chinese Cantonese), 袜公仔 (mat⁶ gung¹ zai²) (Chinese Cantonese), 襪子木偶 (Chinese Mandarin), 袜子木偶 (wàzi mù'ǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), sokkedukke (Danish), sokpop [feminine] (Dutch), käsinukke (Finnish), poupée de chiffon [feminine] (French), marionnette [feminine] (French), Sockenpuppe [feminine] (German), בֻּבַּת גֶּרֶב (bubát gérev) [feminine] (Hebrew), zoknibáb (Hungarian), sokkabrúða (Icelandic), 靴下人形 (kutsushita ningyō) (alt: くつしたにんぎょう) (Japanese), 양말인형 (yangmarinhyeong) (Korean), sokkedukke (Norwegian), fantoche de meia [masculine] (Portuguese), ку́кла-петру́шка (kúkla-petrúška) [feminine] (Russian), марионе́тка (marionétka) [feminine] (Russian), ку́кла из носка́ (kúkla iz noská) [feminine] (Russian), čarapko (Serbo-Croatian), marioneta de calcetín [feminine] (Spanish), títere de mano [masculine] (Spanish), strumpdocka [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-sock_puppet-en-noun-DReflCXf Disambiguation of 'simple puppet made from a sock': 62 30 7
  2. Synonym of puppet: A person completely controlled by another. Categories (topical): Puppets Synonyms: puppet [synonym, synonym-of], sockpuppet Derived forms: meat puppet, sock puppeteer, sockpuppetry
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  3. (Internet, derogatory) An alternative pseudonymous online account, especially one used for abuse. Tags: Internet, derogatory Categories (topical): Internet Synonyms: sock, smurf account Translations (second account created by a user in an online community): 馬甲 (Chinese Mandarin), 马甲 (mǎjiǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), 傀儡 (kuǐlěi) (Chinese Mandarin), 小號 (Chinese Mandarin), 小号 (xiǎohào) (Chinese Mandarin), sockpuppet [masculine] (Dutch), sokpop [feminine] (Dutch), sukkanukke (Finnish), faux-nez [masculine] (French), marionnette [feminine] (French), Sockenpuppe [feminine] (German), בֻּבַּת קַשׁ (bubát qash) [feminine] (Hebrew), fantoccio [masculine] (Italian), ソックパペット (sokkupapetto) (Japanese), pacynka [feminine] (Polish), fantoche [masculine] (Portuguese), марионе́тка (marionétka) [feminine] (Russian), usuario títere (Spanish), rối (Vietnamese), con rối (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-sock_puppet-en-noun-Mm4Gy3Lz Disambiguation of 'second account created by a user in an online community': 13 28 59

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sock puppet.wav Forms: sock puppets [present, singular, third-person], sock puppeting [participle, present], sock puppeted [participle, past], sock puppeted [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} sock puppet (third-person singular simple present sock puppets, present participle sock puppeting, simple past and past participle sock puppeted)
  1. (wiki jargon, transitive, intransitive) To create or use a sock puppet (alternative user account). Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Wiki
    Sense id: en-sock_puppet-en-verb-JUzHH1qt

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "2009, Andrew Lih, The Wikipedia Revolution, page 303:",
          "text": "Trying to prove that a new user is simply a previous user in a new sock puppet is quite hard for the ordinary user and even administrators.",
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          "ref": "2014, Timothy R. Levine, Encyclopedia of Deception, Vol. II, s.v. Sockpuppetry",
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          "sense": "second account created by a user in an online community",
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          "sense": "second account created by a user in an online community",
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          "sense": "second account created by a user in an online community",
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          "sense": "second account created by a user in an online community",
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          "roman": "marionétka",
          "sense": "second account created by a user in an online community",
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      "sense": "simple puppet made from a sock",
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      "sense": "simple puppet made from a sock",
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      "sense": "simple puppet made from a sock",
      "word": "靴下人形"
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      "code": "he",
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      "roman": "bubát qash",
      "sense": "second account created by a user in an online community",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "בֻּבַּת קַשׁ"
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      "sense": "second account created by a user in an online community",
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      "word": "fantoccio"
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      "sense": "second account created by a user in an online community",
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      "sense": "second account created by a user in an online community",
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      "word": "fantoche"
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