Associations to the word «Manakin»

Wiktionary

MANAKIN, noun. Any of several small, passerine, South American birds of the family Pipridae.

Dictionary definition

MANAKIN, noun. A woman who wears clothes to display fashions; "she was too fat to be a mannequin".
MANAKIN, noun. A life-size dummy used to display clothes.
MANAKIN, noun. Any of numerous small bright-colored birds of Central America and South America having short bills and elaborate courtship behavior.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley