nounπShareA silent person; a person who does not talk."During the silent reading period, the teacher reminded the students, "No talking, everyone. We're all supposed to be dummies right now." "personcharacterattitudehumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareAn unintelligent person."The teacher said some of the students were acting like dummies because they didn't listen to the instructions. "personcharacterhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA figure of a person or animal used by a ventriloquist; a puppet."The ventriloquist brought out his two dummies, a cowboy and a pirate, and started his show. "entertainmentfigurepersonChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareSomething constructed with the size and form of a human, to be used in place of a person."To understand the effects of the accident, we dropped a dummy from the rooftop."humanthingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA person who is the mere tool of another; a man of straw."The corrupt CEO used his employees as dummies to take the blame for his illegal actions, knowing they would follow his orders without question. "personpoliticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA deliberately nonfunctional device or tool used in place of a functional one."The hammer and drill in the display are dummies."devicetechnicalmachinetechnologyitemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA "dummy teat"; a plastic or rubber teat used to soothe or comfort a baby; a pacifier."The baby wants her dummy."familyutensilChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA player whose hand is shown and is to be played from by another player."In the bridge game, after the opening lead, both dummies were revealed, allowing their respective partners to play their cards. "gameChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA word serving only to make a construction grammatical."In the sentence "It is raining," the word "it" is a dummies; it doesn't refer to anything specific but is needed for the sentence to be grammatically correct. "grammarlanguagelinguisticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareAn unused parameter or value."If flag1 is false, the other parameters are dummies."computingtechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA feigned pass or kick or play in order to deceive an opponent."The quarterback used a series of quick dummies to confuse the defense before throwing a long pass. "sportactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA bodily gesture meant to fool an opposing player; a feint."The soccer player used quick dummies to get past the defender and score a goal. "sportactiongameChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo make a mock-up or prototype version of something, without some or all off its intended functionality."The carpenters dummied some props for the rehearsals."technologytechnicalmachineindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo feint."The basketball player dummies left, then drives right around the defender. "sportactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
