Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A life-size full or partial representation of the human body, used for the fitting or displaying of clothes; a dummy.
- n. A jointed model of the human body used by artists, especially to demonstrate the arrangement of drapery. Also called lay figure.
- n. One who models clothes; a model.
Wiktionary
- n. A dummy, or life-size model of the human body, used for the fitting or displaying of clothes
- n. A jointed model of the human body used by artists, especially to demonstrate the arrangement of drapery
- n. An anatomical model of the human body for use in teaching of e.g. CPR
- n. A person who models clothes
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. a woman who wears clothes to display fashions; a fashion model.
- n. A three-dimensional model of a person, used to display clothes, especially in retail stores and in window displays; a dummy.
- n. A model of a human form used by tailors to help make clothing of the proper shape.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a life-size dummy used to display clothes
- n. a woman who wears clothes to display fashions
Etymologies
- French, from Old French, little man, figurine, from Middle Dutch mannekijn; see manikin.
Examples
“One of them that he wanted to conduct was what he called a mannequin test.”
“Unless he was flash frozen (which he wasn't), Mayborne would have been discovered curled up somewhere rather than in mannequin-like repose.”
“When the mannequin is removed the text “Thank you for seeing me” become visible.”
“The mannequin is dressed in brunet wig, glasses and a red business suit.”
“What do you call a mannequin trying to drum up business for a barbecue restaurant?”
“Btw, the mannequin is carrying way too much weight to represent Bowie.”
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“A recent UK exhibit on the shop-window mannequin is the impetus for the wonderful cultural history Cartner-Morley provides:”
“By that stringent standard, doesn’t His Majesty-To-Be deserve a smidgeon of blame when his supporters set up a guillotine at an Obama rally or display a Palin mannequin dangling from a noose?”
“I sell vintage dresses and my mannequin is a size 2/4.”
“Also attached to the mannequin was a piece of paper that had the "N" word written on it.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘mannequin’.
pterodactyl *loves dontcry for her magnificent pun* Sep 29, 2008
dontcry He can't sing, but mannequin dance! Sep 29, 2008
Prolagus I've been feeling down
I've been looking round the town
For somebody just like me
But the only ones I see
Are the dummies in the window
They spend their money on clothes
It saddens me to think
That the only ones I see are mannequins
Looking stupid, being used and being thin
And I don't know why I hang around with them
The way they act, I'd rather be fat than be confused
The way they act, I'd rather be fat than be confused
Than be me in a cage
With a bottle of rage
And a family like the mafia.
(Family tree, by Belle and Sebastian) Sep 28, 2008
mollusque A human or a life-size model of a human figure used to display clothes. Sep 28, 2008