Pinocchio

[ pi-noh-kee-oh ]

/ pɪˈnoʊ kiˌoʊ /

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noun

the hero of Carlo Collodi's children's story, The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883), a wooden puppet who comes to life as a boy and whose nose grows longer whenever he tells a lie.

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Origin of Pinocchio

<Italian: literally, pine seed, pine cone, equivalent to pin(o) pine¹ + -occhio<Vulgar Latin *-uc(u)lu(m), Latin -i-culum;see -i-, -cule¹

Words nearby Pinocchio

pinnula, pinnulate, pinnule, pinny, pin oak, Pinocchio, Pinocchio, The Adventures of, Pinochet, Pinochet Ugarte, pinochle, pinocytose

How to use Pinocchio in a sentence

We’re not going to offer a Pinocchio rating, as Manchin was just carrying a card captured by a photographer.
Manchin’s ‘historic context’ for spending is using the wrong metric|Glenn Kessler|December 9, 2021|Washington Post
These three GOP statements may sound similar, but when we parsed each of them, we wound up giving three different Pinocchio ratings.
Republican leaders’ claim that the Jan. 6 commission bill would not allow GOP staff hires|Salvador Rizzo|May 21, 2021|Washington Post
This is a good example of how a politician can turn political gold into Pinocchio dust.
Cotton’s claim that Mayorkas was ‘guilty of selling green cards to Chinese nationals’|Glenn Kessler|December 11, 2020|Washington Post
The disbelief was evident in article after article, with one conservative site using “President Pinocchio” in its headline.
Obama Is Right on Race. The Media Is Wrong.|Keli Goff|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Louie encounters a blue-collar maintenance worker who tells him a joke about Pinocchio—incorrectly.
Why Is Louis C.K. So Funny? He Uses Humor as a Moral Compass.|Andrew Romano|May 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I kept grabbing his nose and pulling it, calling him Pinocchio.
Gore Vidal’s Tragic Final Decade|Tim Teeman|November 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The film is as good as any Disney animated feature ever made—as magical as Pinocchio, Snow White, The Little Mermaid.
Roger Ebert’s 10 Best Reviews and 10 Best Zingers|Kevin Fallon|April 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But Pinocchio, instead of returning it, put it on his own head and was in consequence nearly smothered.
Pinocchio|C. Collodi
At this information Pinocchio threw himself on the ground and would not take another step.
Pinocchio|C. Collodi
Pinocchio turned round and saw a big cricket crawling slowly up the wall.
Pinocchio|C. Collodi
Poor Pinocchio, whose eyes were still half shut from sleep, had not as yet discovered that his feet were burnt off.
Pinocchio|C. Collodi
It ended in so much being said and done that the soldier at last set Pinocchio at liberty and led Geppetto to prison.
Pinocchio|C. Collodi