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🦴 A very thin person 🧍 A line figure 🪵 A stick figure toy
stickman

stickman

4.5
A small figure of a person made by joining sticks or twigs
  • noun
  • /ˈstɪkˌmæn/
translation icon : muñeco de palos
  • The children made a stickman from twigs and decorated it with leaves.

Examples

  • She placed a handmade stickman on the windowsill as a cheerful ornament.

  • After the storm, only the stickman in the garden remained standing.

  • The child played with a stickman toy.

  • I saw a stickman figure in the park.

  • The children made a stickman from twigs and decorated it with leaves.

  • She placed a handmade stickman on the windowsill as a cheerful ornament.

  • The child played with a stickman toy during recess.

Synonyms

stick figure
vsstickman
8 2.6

A very simple drawing of a person using a circle for the head and lines for body, arms and legs

is a small three dimensional object made from twigs used as toy or decoration

How Complex

sculpture
37 3.4
figurine
37 5.3
stickman
4.5
toy
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

stickman singular
stickmen plural

Morphology

stickman = stick + man (transparent) = stick + man

A literal object made from sticks representing a person; the components directly predict the meaning.

Etymology

Stickman also comes from making a small person from twigs: stick ('a thin piece of wood') and man ('person'), which children and craft makers often do. That is why a stickman can be a toy or a little decoration made by joining sticks.