The term comes from a pretend person made by placing a sock over one's hand. See meat puppet and astroturfing. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction requires permission.

Playing with a homemade sock puppet is lots of fun and can also develop your little one's speaking and social skills. Making up fun characters can help you to be expressive as you tell stories and ...

It's time for a Gran Gran Plan! Try making your own puppet from old socks, then put on a sock puppet show for friends and family. Ask a grown-up to help find some old or odd socks. These will be ...

[David0429] has made a very scary Raspberry Pi controlled puppet. Scary that is if you’ve seen the Saw movies where a serial killer uses one like it, called Billy, to communicate with his victims.