Meaning

3 senses
  1. A puppet made from a sock placed over a hand.

    Sockenpuppe

    ку́кла-петру́шкаkúkla-petrúška, марионе́ткаmarionétka, ку́кла из носка́kúkla iz noská

  2. Synonym of puppet (“a person completely controlled by another”)

  3. (Internet, derogatory)An alternative pseudonymous online account, especially one used for abuse.

    Sockenpuppe

    марионе́ткаmarionétka

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Tom uses sock puppet accounts to upvote his posts.

    Том використовує віртуалів для голосування за свої пости.

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  2. Mordor has its sock puppets everywhere.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
simple puppet made from a sock:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
simple puppet made from a sock:

Origin

From sock + puppet.

From sock + puppet.

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