stick figure
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- noun
- /stɪk ˈfɪɡjər/
- The potential for learning is greatly increased when students generate both summary sentences and stick figures.
- stick figure motion
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Watch on YouTubeThey're just shadows of puppets or stick figures or whatever it is.
- They're just shadows of puppets or stick figures or whatever it is.
- And so I drew stick figures in paint.
- I mean, just really simple stick figures is great.
- And it's basically like a a bubble head with two eyes and a mouth and a nose and stick figure things.
- He doesn't go through a tree method and represent each one of these points as a stick and a stick figure.
Examples
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I can barely draw a stick figure.
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With concentration, Gary drew a stick figure with trembly limbs.
Fiction book (1992) -
A we all learn how to draw a stick figure when we're two, right?
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I mean, just really simple stick figures is great.
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Four years ago she was drawing stick figures.
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And so I drew stick figures in paint.
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At the top was a stick figure of a man with a briefcase in his left hand.
Fiction book (1994) -
Goodbye arrows, and hello stick figures that speak to our student-centered approach.
Academic text (2013) -
In yet another variation, students substitute simple stick figures for the summary sentences.
Academic text (1993) -
In art class, we practiced drawing a stick figure to represent a person in our scenes.
Synonyms
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A simple drawing of a person made with lines and a circle for the head
How Detailed
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a simple drawing of a person made of lines' is directly derivable from combining 'stick' (a thin rod/line) and 'figure' (a shape or person): it denotes a figure represented by stick-like lines. This noun–noun compound is compositionally transparent and follows common cross-linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will likely infer the meaning.
Etymology
Stick figure The word stick figure comes from the way a person is drawn: a circle for the head and straight lines for the body and arms, looking like thin sticks that form a simple figure. So, it now means 'a very simple drawing of a person or animal'.