Meaning

3 senses
  1. An early version of an animated scene, consisting of rough sketches that are photographed or scanned.

  2. An informal test of whether a girl needs to wear a bra, based on whether a pencil placed in the inframammary fold stays in place or not.

  3. (South Africa, historical)A method of determining racial identity during apartheid, based on how easily a pencil pushed through a person's hair can be removed.

Forms

plural: pencil tests
Singularpencil test
Pluralpencil tests

regular

Word family

1 related words
Relatedcomb test

See also

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