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# mannequin

«mannequin» in Mova's school dictionary: **A model of a human body used to show clothes in a shop…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a mannequin, mannequins)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A model of a human body used to show clothes in a shop window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mannequin/#m1)

2) (old-fashioned) A person whose job is to model clothes; a fashion model. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mannequin/#m2)

3) A model of a body used in art or for practising first aid (often called a «manikin»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mannequin/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, mannequins stand in shop windows wearing clothes for sale. In first aid lessons, you practise CPR on a training dummy (also called a manikin). In 2016 the «mannequin challenge» was a viral video game where people froze still like mannequins. Phrases: «a shop mannequin», «stand still like a mannequin».

### examples

- The mannequin in the window wore a red winter coat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mannequin/#x1)
- We practised CPR on a mannequin in first aid class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mannequin/#x2)
- My brother stood so still he looked like a mannequin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mannequin/#x3)
- The shop staff changed the clothes on the mannequins every week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mannequin/#x4)
- An artist's mannequin is a small wooden figure with bendy joints. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mannequin/#x5)
- The mannequin had no head, just a body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mannequin/#x6)
- In the spooky story, the mannequins came alive at night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mannequin/#x7)
- The mannequin challenge has everyone freeze in a pose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mannequin/#x8)

### note

Countable: one mannequin, two mannequins. Spelling is tricky: m-a-n-n-e-q-u-i-n (double n, -quin). Pronounced «MAN-i-kin». A variant spelling «manikin» is often used for medical training dummies. Not a maths word.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mannequin» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mannequin/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.