Definitions for manikin

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manikin man·i·kin

Spelling: [man-i-kin]

IPA: /ˈmæn ɪ kɪn/

Manikin is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 70 anagrams from letters in manikin (aiikmnn).

Definitions for manikin

noun

1. a little man; dwarf; pygmy.
2. mannequin.
3. a model of the human body for teaching anatomy, demonstrating surgical operations, etc.
4. a styled and three-dimensional representation of the human form used in window displays, as of clothing; dummy.
5. a wooden figure or model of the human figure used by tailors, dress designers, etc., for fitting or making clothes.
6. a person employed to wear clothing to be photographed or to be displayed before customers, buyers, etc.; a clothes model.
7. lay figure (def 1).

Origin of manikin

1560-70; Dutch manneken, equivalent to man man¹ + -ken -kin. See mannequin

Examples for manikin

They greeted one another, and the manikin asked him where he was going.

Is the manikin now so secure that you can sit upon it without racking it?

But unseen by the king, the manikin was standing beside him when he said that, and heard all.

There must be no looseness, or the manikin will lean over immediately.

So Simple and the manikin sat down by the roadside and ate together.

I seemed to myself to be a puppet, a jointed figure, a manikin.

Then the Queen began to weep and cry, so that the manikin pitied her.

This is a manikin covered with a coat of mail and a shield, and set on a post.

But each time the manikin shook his head haughtily and answered, “No!”

The tailor adapts the manikin as well as the clothes to his patron's wants.