Associations to the word «Marionette»

Wiktionary

MARIONETTE, noun. A puppet, usually made of wood, which is animated by the pulling of strings.
MARIONETTE, noun. (zoology) The buffel duck.
MARIONETTE, verb. (transitive) To control (somebody) as if they were a puppet; to manipulate.

Dictionary definition

MARIONETTE, noun. A small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King