hand puppet

American  

noun

1. a puppet made of a hollow head sewn or glued to material that fits over the hand, concealing the fingers and thumb, which manipulate it.

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Etymology

Origin of hand puppet

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

You might even consider getting a hand puppet or small stuffed animal to assist.

From Slate • Aug. 13, 2021

When teaching the chicks to hunt and other crane behaviors, they dress in baggy costumes with the neck of a crane-head hand puppet holding in one loose, black-tipped “wing.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2021

Second place receives a fabulous soft rubbery hand puppet depicting a, well, some indeterminate aquatic creature; guesses included a shark, barracuda, alligator and dinosaur.

From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2021

Watch the expression on Groff’s face as he sidles across the stage, cradling an early, snapping hand puppet version of his truest soul mate, which tries to nibble on the front row.

From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2019

The harder she tried to pull it over his head, the smaller it seemed to become, until finally it might have fitted a hand puppet, but certainly wouldn’t fit Harry.

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling