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dummy

/ˈdʌmi/

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noun

A silent person; a person who does not talk.

Examples :

"My sister is a dummy at math; she never says anything during class discussions. "

character person

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An unintelligent person.

Examples :

"My brother is a real dummy; he forgot to bring his textbook to school again. "

person character human

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A figure of a person or animal used by a ventriloquist; a puppet.

Examples :

"The ventriloquist used his dummy to tell jokes during the school talent show. "

entertainment art person figure

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Something constructed with the size and form of a human, to be used in place of a person.

Examples :

"To understand the effects of the accident, we dropped a dummy from the rooftop."

human body thing

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A person who is the mere tool of another; a man of straw.

Examples :

"The politician used a dummy to speak in favor of the new tax, a person who had no real opinions of their own. "

person character human politics

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A deliberately nonfunctional device or tool used in place of a functional one.

Examples :

"The hammer and drill in the display are dummies."

device technical machine item thing

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A "dummy teat"; a plastic or rubber teat used to soothe or comfort a baby; a pacifier.

Examples :

"The baby wants her dummy."

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A player whose hand is shown and is to be played from by another player.

Examples :

"In the card game, the dummy played the King of Hearts, following the instructions of the player with the best hand. "

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A word serving only to make a construction grammatical.

Examples :

"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. "

grammar language word linguistics

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An unused parameter or value.

Examples :

"If flag1 is false, the other parameters are dummies."

computing technical

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A feigned pass or kick or play in order to deceive an opponent.

Examples :

"The quarterback used a dummy to trick the defense, then threw the ball to the open receiver. "

sport game action

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A bodily gesture meant to fool an opposing player; a feint.

Examples :

"The soccer player used a dummy to the right to trick the defender into thinking he was going that way. "

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verb

To make a mock-up or prototype version of something, without some or all off its intended functionality.

Examples :

"The carpenters dummied some props for the rehearsals."

technology technical computing industry

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verb

Examples :

"The boxer carefully dummy-struck his opponent to see if he was expecting a punch. "