stickman
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- noun
- /ˈstɪkˌmæn/
- Offensive
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esqueleto
- After months of working out, he transformed from a stickman into a muscular athlete.
Examples
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Despite his small frame, he was surprisingly strong for a stickman.
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He was a real stickman.
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One hundred dollar bounty on the head of famed Syracuse stickman, Tim McCracken.
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The former Dream Theater stickman can be seen gesturing for assistance mid-song, and once the drum techs got to the stage, he proceeded to stop drumming while the band played on and tepidly tossed several of his cymbals to the ground while the group of techs worked on his kit.
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She couldn't help but laugh at how her friend looked like a stickman in his oversized clothes.
Synonyms
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5.6
Very thin with almost no fat or muscle
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A person who has very little body fat and looks underweight
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A very tall thin person who looks awkward
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A person with a naturally thin, lean body and little fat or muscle
A very thin, bony person
A thin, ragged person or animal that looks weak
A person with very thin, long legs
A person who is thin and seen as weak or nerdy
A very small weak person used as an insult
How Thin
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Stickman is used as a casual name for a very thin person because they look like a straight stick: stick ('a thin piece of wood') and man ('person'). So calling someone a stickman gives the picture of someone very thin.