stick figure
nounDefinition of stick figure
1
: a drawing showing the head of a human being or animal as a circle and all other parts as straight lines
2
: a fictional character lacking depth and believability
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Hemings is, literally, made a stick figure, which takes the nuance from what must have been a complicated situation. — Brian T. Allen, National Review, "The American Pavilion in the Venice Biennale: Safe and Sorry," 10 Aug. 2019 Video games had incited moral panics for decades by this time—from concerns about driving over stick figures in 1976’s Death Race to the lurid draw of the video arcade in 1982 to the gore in Mortal Kombat in 1993. — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, "Video-Game Violence Is Now a Partisan Issue," 5 Aug. 2019 The drawings showed stick figures behind bars, images the children created at a Catholic Charities Humanitarian respite center in McAllen, Texas shortly after release from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection. — Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, "Documenting 'complicated history': Smithsonian asks about chilling migrant children drawings," 8 July 2019 The unique material depicted a cartoon-like blue stick figure waving its arms with a clock in the belly on a blue Ziplock bag, the prosecutor said. — oregonlive.com, "One family lost son to drugs. Another family’s son caused the death. Both left heartbroken.," 11 July 2019 In one, five stick figures appear to be sleeping on the floor, their feet and arms sticking out from (Mylar?) sheets that are too short. — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, "Migrant children drew disturbing pictures of cages and bars. They also drew these bright scenes.," 10 July 2019 One drawing depicts five stick figures behind bars watched by two guards in dark hats. — Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, "Doctors share migrant children's haunting drawings: 'These children coming into our country need a voice'," 5 July 2019 Hamilton Takeover’ tour at Monticello re-enact the musical’s rap battles between Hamilton and Jefferson while holding stick figures of the Founding Fathers. — Cameron Mcwhirter, WSJ, "Enough With Hamilton, Say Fans of Other Founding Fathers," 23 June 2019 Another picture has frowning stick figures behind what appears to be a chain-link fence. — Washington Post, "Migrant child drawings depict jail-like scenes of detention," 5 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'stick figure.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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