variants also mannikin
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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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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Noun
  • Power can come in the form of twin Volvo Penta IPS800 engines or IPS950 motors.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 15 July 2025
  • Physical gold Holding on to physical gold, in the form of gold bars, is another way to invest, Hamilton Capital’s Munoz pointed out.
    Amala Balakrishner, CNBC, 15 July 2025
Noun
  • The pool brand names and model numbers can be found on the pool liner on the outside of the pool.
    Melina Khan, AZCentral.com, 22 July 2025
  • As for the model’s market value, a 1955 Ferrari 250 Europa GT sold for $1.765 million through the Gooding Christie’s Amelia Island Auctions in March.
    Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 21 July 2025
Noun
  • The 2025 figure is a 7% increase from last year and the highest tally since 2021, when Indianapolis reported a 15-year high of 1,928 people experiencing homelessness.
    Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 24 July 2025
  • That figure was reduced during negotiations with Evers, though Steffen still called it one of the biggest wins for Republicans in the budget.
    Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 23 July 2025
Noun
  • Surrounded by photography books, four American Girl dolls regarded us from an alcove.
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
  • Mattel recently debuted a doll that is dressed in a playful blue polka-dot outfit, sporting a matching pastel purse and, most notably, wearing a continuous glucose monitor on her arm and an insulin pump clipped to her waist.
    Maggie McGrath, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
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
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  • Even the mannequins showing off clothes to buy were absent.
    Norma Galeana, CNN Money, 4 July 2025
  • The goal of the show was to blow up 500 pounds of ammonium nitrate to knock the socks off a mannequin positioned near the explosion.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 4 July 2025
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“Manikin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manikin. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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