manikin

noun

ˈma-ni-kən How to pronounce manikin (audio)
variants also mannikin
Definition of manikinnext
1
as in form
a three-dimensional representation of the human body used especially for displaying clothes the store has manikins so lifelike that they have startled me on more than one occasion

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2
as in model
a person who poses with or wears merchandise (as clothes) often for pictorial advertising the undulating movements of the manikins as they strutted down the catwalk

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  1. form
  2. model
  3. figure
  4. doll
  5. dummy
  6. mannequin
Noun
  • The latter comes in the form of the Generative Expand, Generative Fill, and Generate Image tools.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Box Union focuses on boxing to the beat of the music, whereas Rumble Boxing is similar to a nightclub with the use of black lights, but in the form of a fitness class.
    Carolyn Burt, Orange County Register, 11 Nov. 2024
Definition of form
Noun
  • Freightliner, Kenworth, PACCAR, Peterbilt, Toyota and Volvo all are developing EV models, depending on the truck segment and weight class.
    Pat Maio, Orange County Register, 16 Nov. 2024
  • The increase is attributed to higher demand from the indirect supply model.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of model
Noun
  • No figures were released at Thursday morning’s news conference.
    Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Throughout the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump has made back-to-back claims greatly exaggerating his campaign event attendance figures.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of figure
Noun
  • Advertisement Since then, every new release and restock of the plush dolls has sold out within minutes in stores and within seconds online.
    Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Piazza San Michele will also feature a life-sized replica of Young-hee, the giant doll that presides over the murderous game of Red Light, Green Light, the iconic scene from the smash hit Netflix show.
    John Bleasdale, Variety, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of doll
Noun
  • Each year, fire safety officials warn of the dangers of fireworks and stage demonstrations of dummies that catch fire and watermelons that explode.
    Linda Trischitta, Sun-Sentinel.com, 10 July 2017
  • At NASA Langley's Landing and Impact Research Facility, ten crash test dummies were buckled into a section of airplane fuselage and dropped from the sky.
    Chris Clarke, Popular Mechanics, 6 July 2017
Definition of dummy
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  • The episode hinges on Novak’s ability to sell Nandor’s transformation from seemingly addled while lecturing a warehouse full of mannequins, to roguishly determined when commanding his followers to set Dartmouth University on fire.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
  • So, using old clothes, fabrics and mannequins, residents have stitched together their own population of puppets to keep them company.
    Peter Guo, NBC News, 27 Oct. 2024
Definition of mannequin
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