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
  • At the height of the pandemic, gazing longingly at listings on Zillow was its own form of therapy.
    Lori Keong, Architectural Digest, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Despite there being room for improvement in open play to create higher-quality chances and reduce the dependency on Chris Wood’s brilliant form, Forest have been playing like a team with a clear identity.
    Ahmed Walid, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of form
Noun
  • Different funding models do exist within America’s avalanche centers.
    Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The Patek operation is both artisanal and impressively industrialized—beginning with the CNC machines that pump, cut, stamp, and form, among other things, cases, bracelets, and the hundreds of minuscule components that comprise even the most basic Patek model.
    Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of model
Noun
  • Famous figures such as Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Tesla and X owner Elon Musk pop up at breakfasts, luncheons and other social gatherings held daily at the opulent Mar-a-Lago club.
    Adriana Gomez Licon and Michelle L. Price, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
  • In foggy weather, the figure is around 5,000, which according to Stefani, is still around ten to a hundred times higher than inside a building.
    Desireé Oostland, Vogue, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of figure
Noun
  • However, that night the daughter's cousins snuck into her room while everyone was sleeping and stole her new dolls.
    Rachel Flynn, People.com, 29 Dec. 2024
  • Gi-hun relays some other hacks, including to hide behind others/out of view of the doll’s camera lenses, and as a result, a significant amount of players survive.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 26 Dec. 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
Noun
  • An attached photo shows the kind of styrofoam mannequin head typically used as a wig stand.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Jewelry stores, restaurants, chic swimwear outlets — many have been reduced to rubble, the torsos of shop mannequins strewed amid the rubble.
    Euan Ward, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of mannequin
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