Usually means: Puppet character, often humorous, expressive.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word muppet:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. muppet: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. muppet: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. muppet: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Muppet, muppet: Wordnik
  5. muppet: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. Muppet, muppet: Wiktionary
  7. Muppet: Dictionary.com
  8. Muppet: Online Etymology Dictionary
  9. Muppet: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. muppet: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Muppet: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. MUPPET: Acronym Finder

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. muppet: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. muppet: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. The Muppet: Urban Dictionary

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noun:  (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang, derogatory) An incompetent or foolish person.
noun:  A term of endearment, used with a young girl
noun:  A type of puppet created by Jim Henson or his studio, typically operated with one hand of the puppeteer inside the head and a rod or glove to move one arm of the puppet.
noun:  One of a group of established puppet characters acting as a sort of repertory company on The Muppet Show, and/or appearing on Sesame Street.
noun:  Alternative form of Muppet (“a puppet in the style of Jim Henson's Muppets”) [A term of endearment, used with a young girl]
noun:  (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Eastern US, South Africa, slang, derogatory) Alternative form of muppet (fool). [(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang, derogatory) An incompetent or foolish person.]

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