puppet show

noun

1. an entertainment, as a play or musical revue, in which the performers are puppets.

Word History and Origins

Origin of puppet show¹

First recorded in 1640–50

Example Sentences

After painting on noses and eyes and mouths, I performed a kind of puppet show, each bone representing a different family member, plus one small dog on the tip of a rib.

From Outside Online

My grandparents talked about that puppet show for the rest of their lives.

From Outside Online

It works — soon, the locals are learning the story of brave Gawain and the Green Knight from puppet shows.

From Vox

There is something in the limited animations of the characters that recalls puppet shows and illustrations in old children’s books.

From Washington Post

In another study, children saw a puppet show where a mouse was eaten by an alligator.

From The Daily Beast

A Syrian YouTube sock puppet show reveals Assad to be the fool that he is.

From The Daily Beast

A number of persons were assembled in the tap-room of the inn, where a man was exhibiting a puppet-show.

From Project Gutenberg

The chief character in a puppet show, hence the puppet show itself.

From Project Gutenberg

The creator of Marion Delorme excels in manœuvring a puppet-show and in getting up plays on a dolls' theatre.

From Project Gutenberg

Nor would there be anything astonishing in some one imagining that he could gain the prize by exhibiting a puppet-show.

From Project Gutenberg

And, so dull is it in our service, that I would go to a puppet show far less fine and thank thee for the chance.'

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• puppetry