Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun Trademark A set of images containing a wide variety of facial features, such as noses, hairlines, chins, etc. on transparencies which can be overlayed in combinations to build up a picture of a person; it is used by police agencies to create concrete images of a crime suspect from the descriptions of witnesses; the image created with the kit is also called an
Identikit , or more properly anIdentikit picture .
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- noun a
picture of aperson ,reconstructed fromstrips showing facial features selected tomatch witnesses 'descriptions ; used by thepolice tobuild alikeness of a personsought for acrime - noun A general description for a composite sketch generated by a sketch artist, software, or a box of facial features on transparent foils that police officers and other public service professionals use to create a likeness of a person from a witness description.
- adjective informal
Indistinguishable from each other.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a likeness of a person's face constructed from descriptions given to police; uses a set of transparencies of various facial features that can be combined to build up a picture of the person sought
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Examples
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I thought I had become fairly politically correct, but there clearly remain a few loose ends for me to tie up before I become a fully-fledged 'identikit' parliamentary candidate.
Its Goodbye to Humour. Glyn Davies 2008
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"Please take into consideration the swelling, look deeply at the photo and also look at the identikit which is sculptured from facial bone structure."
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010
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No amount of cartridge cleaning, changing to different photo paper types or repositioning the printer changed this, and it gave facial shots a rather "identikit" look to them - not what we were looking for.
ZDNET.com.au 2009
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Writer Rachel Trezise, who is from Cwmparc, said it was one of the few places of character in today's "identikit" Cardiff.
WalesOnline - Home 2009
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Given that the sketch comedy scene is at the moment overly dominated by identikit eager-to-please young men, Toby provide a welcome shot in the arm.
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Clare Maguire Ain't Nobody (Breakage Remix) (Polydor) I once worked with a lady who spelled her name Klaire ( "Klaire with a K" was her mantra) and though this seemed an odd affectation for someone who worked in a call centre, you can't help thinking that a similar conceit would help distinguish Clare Maguire from the legion of identikit pop ladies we apparently should be looking out for in 2011.
This week's new singles Michael Cragg 2010
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From the sound of it, The Enemy are another British identikit indie band with lots of guitars and a rousing chorus.
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Although this, of course, brings its own frustrations: Sama bemoans the fact that the grime producers aren't getting famous in their own right, for their own sound "while a thousand identikit 'Shoreditch bass' producers who all sound the same get the limelight".
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I have a weakness for identikit indie bands, so they can stay in the mix.
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While Kraftwerk gave us identikit machine men, since the 1980s Michael Clark has crowded po-mo's slippery surfaces with a dazzling pick-n-mix of punk, pop and ballet where androgynous personas sport outlandish costumes.
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