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Definition: Puppet Show |
Puppet ShowNoun1. A show in which the actors are puppets. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Puppet ShowSynonym: puppet play (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Amusement | Toy, plaything, bauble; doll; (puppet ); teetotum; knickknack; (trifle); magic lantern; (show); peep show, puppet show, raree show, gallanty show; toy shop; "quips and cranks and wanton wiles, nods and becks and wreathed smiles". |
The Drama | Theater; playhouse, opera house; house; music hall; amphitheater, circus, hippodrome, theater in the round; puppet show, fantoccini; marionettes, Punch and Judy. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Puppet Show |
| English words defined with "puppet show": Punch and Judy, Punchinello, Puppet play, Puppetman. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Can we really keep the puppet show Uncle Max? (The Sound of Music; writing credit: Richard Rodgers; Oscar Hammerstein II) A saucy puppet show! (Futurama; writing credit: Lance Smith; Carl Colpaert) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Puppet Show (1936) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
![]() | Electric Institute of Washington puppet show. Rorbum theatre on stage of Electric Institute I. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Christmas puppet show; the fight against religion is the fight for socialism] / Radakov. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
puppet show | 63 |
christian puppet show | 11 |
child puppet show | 8 |
penis puppet show | 4 |
party puppet show | 3 |
kid puppet show | 3 |
puppet show stage | 3 |
birthday party puppet show | 3 |
madeline magnificent puppet show | 2 |
fort puppet show wayne | 2 |
puppet show skits | 2 |
hire puppet show | 2 |
man puppet show sock | 2 |
idea puppet show | 2 |
build puppet show stage | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "puppet show"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | teatër kukullash (puppet play). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مسرحية دمي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | loutkové divadlo (puppet theater). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | mester jakeldukke (doll for use in Punch-and-Judy show, doll for use in puppet show), haanddukke (doll for use in Punch-and-Judy show, doll for use in puppet show), dukke til mester jakelteater (doll for use in Punch-and-Judy show, doll for use in puppet show). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | pop voor poppenkasten (doll for use in Punch-and-Judy show, doll for use in puppet show), handpop (doll for use in Punch-and-Judy show, doll for use in puppet show). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | spectacle de marionnettes. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | puppenspiel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κούκλα για θέατρα τρόμου (doll for use in Punch-and-Judy show, doll for use in puppet show). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מחז" בובות. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | bábszínház (punch and judy show), bábjáték (puppet play, puppetry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | spettacolo di marionette, spettacolo di burattini (punch and judy show), fantocciata. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 人形芝居 , 人形劇 , "り芝居 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | に"ぎょうしばい, に"ぎょう'き, あやつりしばい. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uppetpay owshay teatro de fantoches. (various references) teatru de pãpuşi (puppet play). (various references) teatro de títeres. (various references) kukla oyunu (puppet play), kukla gösterisi (puppet play). (various references) лялькова вистава, ляльковий театр. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-h-o-p-p-p-s-t-u-w" | |
-3 letters: poppets, puppets, upswept. | |
-4 letters: ouphes, poppet, puppet, shoppe, tophes, tophus, upshot, upstep. | |
-5 letters: estop, ethos, hopes, house, howes, ouphe, ouphs, pepos, pesto, phots, phuts, poets, popes, pouts, setup, shote, shout, shute, south, spout, stope, stoup, stowp, stupe, swept, thews, those, thous, topes, tophe, tophs, touse, upset, whets, whops, whose. | |
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