standee
English
WOTD – 27 June 2017
Standees (sense 1) in a bus in Singapore
Larger-than-life standees (sense 2) of celebrities in front of the Rose Theatre Brampton in Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /stanˈdiː/
- (General American) IPA(key): /stænˈdi/
- Rhymes: -iː
- Hyphenation: stand‧ee
Noun
standee (plural standees)
- Somebody who is forced to stand up, for example, on a crowded bus.
- A free-standing, rigid print (usually life-sized), for instance of a celebrity, often displayed for advertising and promotional purposes; a cut-out.
- He took a picture of me with a standee of Darth Vader at the premiere of Star Wars: Episode III.
Synonyms
- (free-standing, rigid print): cut-out
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