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Puppet Show

Definition: Puppet Show

Puppet Show

Noun

1. A show in which the actors are puppets.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Puppet Show

Synonym: puppet play (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Puppet Show

ContextSynonyms 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.

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Crosswords: Puppet Show

English words defined with "puppet show": Punch and Judy, Punchinello, Puppet play, Puppetman. (references)

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Modern Usage: Puppet Show

DomainUsage

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.

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Image Slideshow: Puppet Show

Illustrations:
Puppet Show

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Computer Images:
Puppet Show

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Photo Album: Puppet Show

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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.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Puppet Show

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
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.

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Modern Translation: Puppet Show

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

   

Portuguese

  

teatro de fantoches. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

teatru de pãpuşi (puppet play). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

teatro de títeres. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kukla oyunu (puppet play), kukla gösterisi (puppet play). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

лялькова вистава, ляльковий театр. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Puppet Show

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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