animatronic
adjective
an·i·ma·tron·ic
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Definition of animatronic
: of, relating to, or being a puppet or similar figure that is animated by means of electromechanical devices
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Other Words from animatronic
animatronically
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Examples of animatronic in a Sentence
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Plus, some of its displays are wildly outdated — such as the creaky animatronic saber-toothed tiger that is forever devouring a giant ground sloth, its tinny roar on permanent loop. — Los Angeles Times, "Three design teams propose La Brea Tar Pits revamp. The mammoth’s future? Uncertain," 26 Aug. 2019 Giant animatronic dinos, ancient forests and deserts, fossils, casts, plate tectonics in action. — Stephan Salisbury, https://www.inquirer.com, "N.C. Wyeth, Penn Museum’s moving sphinx, Gee’s Bend quilters, and more museum highlights," 5 June 2019 At last year's New York Comic-Con, Leterrier said the series would be true to the original in the use of animatronic puppetry rather than CGI, with green screens to remove the puppeteers from the final footage. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "Sigourney Weaver, Mark Hamill lend voices to Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance," 13 Aug. 2019 View Sample Sign Up Now The final minutes of the season 2 finale see the OA rise into the air as Hap’s animatronic robots perform the Movements in one dimension and BBA (Phyllis Smith) and the boys perform them at the same location in another. — Megan Mccluskey, Time, "The OA Fans Have a Pretty Convincing Theory About the Show Not Really Being Cancelled," 13 Aug. 2019 Its eight separate animatronic tableaux include a railroad engine, the conductor warming muffins on the firebox; a farmer strumming a harp for his cows; and a beach where a man in Victorian bathing costume dives into the sea. — John Kelly, Washington Post, "Air and Space Museum used to feature flying machines of the strangest sort," 27 July 2019 The array of practical animatronic puppets later was enhanced with VFX by Pixomondo. — Jen Yamato, chicagotribune.com, "How the ‘Child’s Play’ remake redesigned Chucky, a smart doll with a killer glitch," 21 June 2019 The previous Jurassic Park attraction was a flume ride that opened in June 1996 and featured animatronic dinosaurs, some of which stood by docilely while the ride vehicle floated past. — Hugo Martin, latimes.com, "Universal Studios launches surprise opening of Jurassic World ride," 12 July 2019 Where: Frontierland What’s the story: A musical revue performed with twang by animatronic bears with names such as Liver Lips McGrowl and Teddi Berra. — Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, "Disney World: Revisiting the Tiki Room birds, Country Bears," 9 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'animatronic.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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