stick figure
noun
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
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Another video shows a stick figure that also resembles the younger Crimo lying face down in a pool of blood. 
Ray Sanchez, CNN, 12 July 2022 For the child with a sense of humor, gear up for plenty of laughs with this clever 3D spin on a classic stick figure drawing. Amy Mitchell, Country Living, 30 Aug. 2022 When Fisher was testing a Lexus in 2012, his 8-year-old son Ben asked about the glow-in-the-dark handle with a stick figure. Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 2 July 2022 Not long after, vandalism in a campus bathroom depicted a stick figure hanging from a noose with the N-word next to it. Devi Shastri, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 June 2022 The movie turns the poet—a wild fantasist and a beguiler—into a stick figure of goodness. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2022 The patent’s stick figure illustrations demonstrate the infinite possibilities: crab walk rollerblading, side-crawl rollerblading, squat position rollerblading. Emily Matchar, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2022 Jurors viewed the note, which included a drawing of a person hanging by a noose, with a gun pointed at the stick figure. NBC News, 2 Dec. 2021 Lago di Como is famous among Italians for its shape: like a stick figure of a man with two legs striding out. Rick Steves, chicagotribune.com, 21 Oct. 2021 See More
Ray Sanchez, CNN, 12 July 2022 For the child with a sense of humor, gear up for plenty of laughs with this clever 3D spin on a classic stick figure drawing. Amy Mitchell, Country Living, 30 Aug. 2022 When Fisher was testing a Lexus in 2012, his 8-year-old son Ben asked about the glow-in-the-dark handle with a stick figure. Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 2 July 2022 Not long after, vandalism in a campus bathroom depicted a stick figure hanging from a noose with the N-word next to it. Devi Shastri, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 June 2022 The movie turns the poet—a wild fantasist and a beguiler—into a stick figure of goodness. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2022 The patent’s stick figure illustrations demonstrate the infinite possibilities: crab walk rollerblading, side-crawl rollerblading, squat position rollerblading. Emily Matchar, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2022 Jurors viewed the note, which included a drawing of a person hanging by a noose, with a gun pointed at the stick figure. NBC News, 2 Dec. 2021 Lago di Como is famous among Italians for its shape: like a stick figure of a man with two legs striding out. Rick Steves, chicagotribune.com, 21 Oct. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1903, in the meaning defined at sense 1