puppeteering
/ˌpʌpɪˈtɪrɪŋ/
verb
- Present participle of puppeteer; to control or manipulate (a puppet or a person) as if pulling strings.
- The director was puppeteering the actors' movements from offstage.
- He is puppeteering a marionette in the school play.
- She spent the afternoon puppeteering a dragon puppet for the kids.
noun
- The art or practice of controlling puppets, especially in performances.
- The festival featured workshops on puppeteering for children and adults.
- Puppeteering requires skill in both voice acting and hand coordination.
- She studied puppeteering at a famous theater school in Prague.
- The act of secretly controlling or manipulating someone or something.
- His puppeteering of the board members was exposed in the leaked emails.
- Parents sometimes engage in puppeteering of their children's friendships.
- The journalist accused the government of puppeteering the media.