Etch A Sketch

Knob-controlled drawing tablet

Etch A Sketch is a drawing toy with a gray screen and two knobs that move a stylus horizontally or vertically, scraping aluminum powder from the screen to create lines.

Shaking the toy erases the image.

The name has become figurative for selectively erasing or revising the past: The candidate tried to Etch A Sketch his earlier positions.

Related
  • LegoInterlocking toy brick system
  • drawCreate with pencil
  • shakeTrembling or blended treat
  • lineContinuous mark or queue
  • turnRotational movement

knob · erase · G.I. Joe · Play-Doh · red · Playmobil · frame · Meccano · screen · Tinkertoy · silver · Lite-Brite · Mr. Potato Head · Silly Putty · twist · stylus · aluminum powder · Lincoln Logs

Categories
Opposites
permanence of medium

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Permanent dermal design

engraving · bronze sculpture · oil painting · fresco · permanent marker

technology type

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artistic sophistication

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technical pen · oil paints · calligraphy set · palette knife

Family

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G