nounπShareA silent person; a person who does not talk."My sister is a dummy at math; she never says anything during class discussions. "characterpersonChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareAn unintelligent person."My brother is a real dummy; he forgot to bring his textbook to school again. "personcharacterhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA figure of a person or animal used by a ventriloquist; a puppet."The ventriloquist used his dummy to tell jokes during the school talent show. "entertainmentartpersonfigureChat 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."humanbodythingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA person who is the mere tool of another; a man of straw."The politician used a dummy to speak in favor of the new tax, a person who had no real opinions of their own. "personcharacterhumanpoliticsChat 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."devicetechnicalmachineitemthingChat 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 card game, the dummy played the King of Hearts, following the instructions of the player with the best hand. "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 dummy subject; it doesn't refer to anything specific, but is required to make the sentence grammatically correct. "grammarlanguagewordlinguisticsChat 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 dummy to trick the defense, then threw the ball to the open receiver. "sportgameactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA bodily gesture meant to fool an opposing player; a feint."The soccer player used a dummy to the right to trick the defender into thinking he was going that way. "sportactionChat 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."technologytechnicalcomputingindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo feint."The boxer carefully dummy-struck his opponent to see if he was expecting a punch. "sportactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
