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Spider-Man

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A hero with spider-like powers who fights crime and protects people
  • proper noun
  • /ˈspaɪdər mæn/
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  • Fans are excited to see Spider-Man featured in the upcoming blockbuster film.
  • superhero Spider-Man
  • Amazing Spider-Man
  • Radioactive Spider-Man

But Peter Parker could have done a little bit better here because between me and you, he's Spider man.

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Examples

  • It's been an honor, Spider-Man.

  • A new guy is now Spider-Man and is getting a lot of misleading news coverage.

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  • The Amazing Spider-Man already broke its first record.

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  • You were never supposed to be Spider-Man.

  • You got to hang out with Spider-Man.

  • But hey, Peter Parker is Spider-Man, and making sure the world knows that is what's important, right?

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  • The crowd seems evenly divided between supporters of Spider-Man and protestors.

  • Spider-Man gets the girl.

  • The Amazing Spider-Man, which retells the superhero's origin story, broke Tuesday records with a $35 million opening.

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  • In the latest comic, Spider-Man swings through the city to save the day.

Synonyms

Spidey
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  • Slang
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A friendly name people use for the superhero Spider-Man

is the standard name used in comics movies and official media

Surface Forms

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Morphology

Spider-Man = spider + man (transparent) = spider + man

The hyphenated compound clearly combines 'spider' + 'man' to denote a person with spider-like qualities, which learners can infer.

Etymology

Spider-Man comes from joining spider ('the animal') and man ('a person'). The name shows his spider-like powers, like climbing walls and making webs, so Spider-Man means a person with spider-like abilities.