Word Frequency
dummy (ˈdʌmɪ
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Definitions
noun
(plural) -mies- a figure representing the human form, used for displaying clothes, in a ventriloquist's act, as a target, etc
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- a copy or imitation of an object, often lacking some essential feature of the original
- (as modifier) ⇒
a dummy drawer
- (slang) a stupid person; fool
- (derogatory, slang) a person without the power of speech; mute
- (informal) a person who says or does nothing
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- a person who appears to act for himself while acting on behalf of another
- (as modifier) ⇒
a dummy buyer
- (military) a weighted round without explosives, used in drill and training
- (bridge)
- the hand exposed on the table by the declarer's partner and played by the declarer
- the declarer's partner
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- a prototype of a proposed book, indicating the general appearance and dimensions of the finished product
- a designer's layout of a page indicating the positions for illustrations, etc
- a feigned pass or move in a sport such as football or rugby
- (British) a rubber teat for babies to suck or bite on US and Canadian equivalent: pacifier
- modifier counterfeit; sham
- modifier (of a card game) played with one hand exposed or unplayed
verb
-mies, -mying, -mied- to prepare a dummy of (a proposed book, page, etc)
- Also: sell someone a dummy (sport) to use a dummy pass in order to trick (an opponent)
Word Origin
C16: see dumb, -y³Synonyms
View thesaurus entry = fool, jerk, idiot, plank, charlie, berk, prick, wally, prat, plonker, coot, geek, dunce, oaf, simpleton, dullard, dimwit, dipstick, dickhead, gonzo, schmuck, dork, nitwit, dolt, blockhead, divvy, pillock, dweeb, putz, fathead, weenie, eejit, thicko, dumb-ass, gobshite, numpty, doofus, lamebrain, fuckwit, dickwit, nerd or nurd, numbskull or numskull, dorba or dorb, bogan
Translations for 'dummy'
- British English: dummy A dummy is a model of a person, often used to display clothes....a shop-window dummy.ˈdʌmɪ NOUN
- Arabic: أَبْكَم
- Brazilian Portuguese: boneco boneca
- Chinese: 人体模型
- Croatian: lutka
- Czech: figurína
- Danish: dummy
- Dutch: mannequin
- European Spanish: maniquí
- Finnish: sovitusnukke
- French: mannequin
- German: Schaufensterpuppe
- Greek: ομοίωμα
- Italian: manichino
- Japanese: マネキン
- Korean: 모형
- Norwegian: utstillingsfigur
- Polish: manekin
- Portuguese: manequim
- Romanian: manechin manechine
- Russian: манекен
- Spanish: maniquí
- Swedish: attrapp
- Thai: หุ่นจำลอง
- Turkish: vitrin mankeni
- Ukrainian: манекен
- Vietnamese: người nộm ma nơ canh
Example Sentences Including 'dummy'
CHARITY fund-raiser Steve Beasant is planning to stand still for up to eight hours by pretending to be a shop dummy in Grimsby, Lincs.Sun, News of the World (2001)
Cry for help After singing coffee mugs and greetings cards comes the singing dummy.New Scientist (1998)
Dixon Partners runs what it calls ethical auctions -- without any dummy bids, vendor bids or auctioneer's bids.Courier, Sunday Mail (2004)
He held the dummy tighter, its pole pressed between his legs.Compulsion
I assure you - ``- Coyote is not a ventriloquist's dummy ," said a voice from up the hill.A Plague of Angels
One week in camp helped me realize if you're unsigned, you're nothing more than a checking dummy.Globe and Mail (2003)
Suddenly she had become to him a clothes dummy , stiff, an object to size up in inches.Come to Mecca
Surgeon Lieutenant Sandy Davidson made the first live test through a dummy cockpit canopy with complete success.Test Pilots
This might be why he sucks the dummy : to make him more secure.Glasgow Herald (2002)
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