A doll, a puppet. Also poppin-show n.

An image, a dressed-up figure; a doll, a puppet. Also: a person of grotesque appearance or costume; a scarecrow, a guy.

A model of a person or animal that can be manipulated to mimic natural movement; (originally) a figure with jointed limbs moved from above by strings…

= puppet, n. 3. Now rare.

A puppet. Also used derisively of a person. Obsolete.

Chiefly Scottish and English regional (chiefly northern and East Anglian). = puppet, n. 3a. Frequently attributive. Now chiefly in poppy-show, n.…

A figure or puppet controlled by strings. Cf. marionette, n. 1.

A puppet with jointed limbs, usually operated by strings.

A puppet, an automaton; a doll. Also: a doll-like woman or girl.

pl. Puppets made to go through certain evolutions by means of concealed strings or wires.

A puppet representing Scaramouch.

a silhouette; = shadow puppet n. below.

a puppet representing the character of Judy in a Punch and Judy show.

a puppet used in a shadow play.

a puppet operated and supported by a rod or rods, typically having one central, vertical rod attached to the head, and a shorter rod attached to each…

a puppet actuated by means of strings, a marionette; also figurative.