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dum·my

(dŭm′ē)

n. pl. dum·mies

1. An imitation of a real or original object, intended to be used as a practical substitute.

a. A mannequin used in displaying clothes.

b. A figure of a person or an animal manipulated by a ventriloquist.

c. A stuffed or pasteboard figure used as a target.

d. Football A heavy stuffed cylindrical bag used for blocking and tackling practice.

3. A stupid person; a dolt.

4. A silent or taciturn person.

a. Law A person or entity that is the named party to a transaction but that acts on behalf of another concealed person or entity. Also called nominee, straw person.

b. A person or an agency secretly in the service of another.

6. Printing

a. One of a set of model pages with text and illustrations pasted into place to direct the printer. Also called dummy page.

b. A set of bound blank pages used as a model to show the size and general appearance of a book being published.

7. Games

a. The partner in bridge who exposes his or her hand to be played by the declarer.

b. The hand thus exposed.

8. Computers A character or other piece of information entered into a computer only to meet prescribed conditions, such as word length, and having no effect on operations.

adj.

1. Simulating or replacing something but lacking its function: a dummy pocket; a dummy medication in a study.

2. Serving as a front or cover for another: a dummy corporation.

3. Games Played with a dummy.

4. Computers Entered or provided only to meet prescribed conditions: a dummy variable.

tr.v. dum·mied, dum·my·ing, dum·mies Printing

To make a model of (a publication or page).

Phrasal Verb:

dummy up Slang

To keep silent; give no information.

[From dumb.]

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dummy

(ˈdʌmɪ)

n, pl -mies

1. a figure representing the human form, used for displaying clothes, in a ventriloquist's act, as a target, etc

a. a copy or imitation of an object, often lacking some essential feature of the original

b. (as modifier): a dummy drawer.

3. slang a stupid person; fool

4. derogatory slang a person without the power of speech; mute

5. informal a person who says or does nothing

a. a person who appears to act for himself or herself while acting on behalf of another

b. (as modifier): a dummy buyer.

7. (Military) military a weighted round without explosives, used in drill and training

8. (Bridge) bridge

a. the hand exposed on the table by the declarer's partner and played by the declarer

b. the declarer's partner

9. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding)

a. a prototype of a proposed book, indicating the general appearance and dimensions of the finished product

b. a designer's layout of a page indicating the positions for illustrations, etc

10. (Soccer) a feigned pass or move in a sport such as football or rugby

11. (Rugby) a feigned pass or move in a sport such as football or rugby

12. Brit a rubber teat for babies to suck or bite on. US and Canadian equivalent: pacifier

13. (modifier) counterfeit; sham

14. (Card Games) (modifier) (of a card game) played with one hand exposed or unplayed

vb, -mies, -mying or -mied

15. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) to prepare a dummy of (a proposed book, page, etc)

16. (Soccer) sport Also: sell someone a dummy to use a dummy pass in order to trick (an opponent)

17. (Rugby) sport Also: sell someone a dummy to use a dummy pass in order to trick (an opponent)

[C16: see dumb, -y³]

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dum•my

(ˈdʌm i)

n., pl. -mies, n.

1. an imitation, representation, or copy of something, as for use in a display: lipstick dummies made of colored plastic.

2. a representation of a human figure, as for displaying clothes in store windows.

3. Informal. a stupid person; dolt.

4. a person who has nothing to say or who takes no active part in affairs.

5. one put forward to act for others while ostensibly acting for oneself.

6. Older Slang.

a. Offensive. a person who lacks the power of speech.

b. a person who is characteristically and habitually silent.

7. (in bridge)

a. the declarer's partner, whose hand is exposed and played by the declarer.

b. the hand of cards so exposed.

8. sheets folded and made up to show the size, shape, sequence, and style of a contemplated piece of printing.

9. a nonexplosive bomb used for practice exercises.

adj.

10. noting or pertaining to an imitation, representation, or copy.

11. counterfeit; sham; fictitious.

12. put forward to act for others while ostensibly acting for oneself.

v.t.

13. to prepare a printing dummy of (often fol. by up).

14. to represent in a dummy (often fol. by in): to dummy in an illustration.

[1590–1600; dumb + -y³]

usage: See dumb.

dummy

See: decoy.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

dummy

Past participle: dummied
Gerund: dummying

Imperative
dummy
dummy

Present
I dummy
you dummy
he/she/it dummies
we dummy
you dummy
they dummy

Preterite
I dummied
you dummied
he/she/it dummied
we dummied
you dummied
they dummied

Present Continuous
I am dummying
you are dummying
he/she/it is dummying
we are dummying
you are dummying
they are dummying

Present Perfect
I have dummied
you have dummied
he/she/it has dummied
we have dummied
you have dummied
they have dummied

Past Continuous
I was dummying
you were dummying
he/she/it was dummying
we were dummying
you were dummying
they were dummying

Past Perfect
I had dummied
you had dummied
he/she/it had dummied
we had dummied
you had dummied
they had dummied

Future
I will dummy
you will dummy
he/she/it will dummy
we will dummy
you will dummy
they will dummy

Future Perfect
I will have dummied
you will have dummied
he/she/it will have dummied
we will have dummied
you will have dummied
they will have dummied

Future Continuous
I will be dummying
you will be dummying
he/she/it will be dummying
we will be dummying
you will be dummying
they will be dummying

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been dummying
you have been dummying
he/she/it has been dummying
we have been dummying
you have been dummying
they have been dummying

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been dummying
you will have been dummying
he/she/it will have been dummying
we will have been dummying
you will have been dummying
they will have been dummying

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been dummying
you had been dummying
he/she/it had been dummying
we had been dummying
you had been dummying
they had been dummying

Conditional
I would dummy
you would dummy
he/she/it would dummy
we would dummy
you would dummy
they would dummy

Past Conditional
I would have dummied
you would have dummied
he/she/it would have dummied
we would have dummied
you would have dummied
they would have dummied

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dummy

1. pacifier

2. The pretense of passing the ball while still holding on to it.

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Noun	1.	dummy - a person who does not talk silent person deaf-and-dumb person, deaf-mute, mute - a deaf person who is unable to speak
	2.	dummy - an ignorant or foolish person boob, booby, pinhead, dope, dumbbell simpleton, simple - a person lacking intelligence or common sense
	3.	dummy - a figure representing the human form figure - a model of a bodily form (especially of a person); "he made a figure of Santa Claus" lay figure - dummy in the form of an artist's jointed model of the human body manakin, mannequin, mannikin, manikin, form - a life-size dummy used to display clothes ventriloquist's dummy - a wooden dummy into which a ventriloquist projects the voice
	4.	dummy - a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet blank shell, blank cartridge - ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun
Verb	1.	dummy - make a dummy of; "dummy up the books that are to be published" dummy up produce, create, make - create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries"
Adj.	1.	dummy - having the appearance of being real but lacking capacity to function; "a dummy corporation" artificial, unreal - contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners"

dummy

noun

1. model, figure, mannequin, form, manikin, lay figure a shop-window dummy

2. imitation, copy, duplicate, sham, counterfeit, replica The police video camera was a dummy.

3. (Slang) fool, jerk (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), idiot, plank (Brit. slang), charlie (Brit. informal), berk (Brit. slang), prick (derogatory slang), wally (slang), prat (slang), plonker (slang), coot, geek (slang), dunce, oaf, simpleton, dullard, dimwit (informal), dipstick (Brit. slang), dickhead (slang), gonzo (slang), schmuck (U.S. slang), dork (slang), nitwit (informal), dolt, blockhead, divvy (Brit. slang), pillock (Brit. slang), dweeb (U.S. slang), putz (U.S. slang), fathead (informal), weenie (U.S. informal), eejit (Scot. & Irish), thicko (Brit. slang), dumb-ass (slang), gobshite (Irish taboo slang), numpty (Scot. informal), doofus (slang, chiefly U.S.), lamebrain (informal), fuckwit (taboo slang), dickwit (slang), nerd or nurd (slang), numbskull or numskull He's no dummy, this guy.

adjective

1. imitation, false, fake, artificial, mock, bogus, simulated, sham, phoney or phony (informal) Soldiers were still using dummy guns.

2. practice, trial, mock, simulated They do a dummy run with the brakes.

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dummy

noun

A mentally dull person:

blockhead, chump, clod, dolt, dullard, dummkopf, dunce, numskull, thickhead.

Slang: dimwit, dumbbell, dumbo.

Translations

أَبْكَمتِمْثال لِعَرْض المَلابِسدُمْيَهمَصّاصَه

figurínaatrapadudlík

dummymannequindukkesutattrap

Attrappe Schaufensterpuppe Schnuller Puppe

ομοίωμα πιπίλα

maniquí

mallimallinukkesovitusnukketollotutti

mannequin suce tétine factice

lutka

próbababa

eftirlíkinggínasnuî

ciuccio manichino stupido cosa fintait

マネキン

모형

butaforijačiulptukasmanekenas

butaforijaknupītismanekens

mannequin

etterlikning mannekeng modell narresmokk utstillingsfigur

głupek manekin smoczek

boneco manequim

манекен охломон чайник

atrapa

attrapp

หุ่นจำลอง

emzik manken taklit vitrin mankeniyalancı meme

người nộm ma nơ canh

人体模型假人假货婴儿用的橡皮奶头模仿物

dummy

[ˈdʌmɪ]

A. ADJ (= not real) [gun] → de juguete; [ammunition] → de fogueo; [container] → vacío

B. N

1. (for clothes) → maniquí m

2. (for baby) → chupete m

3. (Comm) (= sham object) → envase m vacío

4. (Ftbl) → finta f

5. (Bridge) → muerto m

6. (= idiot) → tonto/a m/f

C. CPD dummy assault, dummy attack N → simulacro m de ataque
dummy company N → empresa f fantasma
dummy number N (Press) → número m cero
dummy run N (Brit) → ensayo m, prueba f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

dummy

[ˈdʌmi]

(= model) (in shop window) → mannequin m; (used by ventriloquist) → pantin m

(SPORT) → feinte f

(British) (for baby) → tétine f

(US) (= fool) → crétin(e) m/f

adj [bullet, weapon] → faux(fausse), facticedummy run n → essai m

dummy

(= sham object) → Attrappe f; (Comm) → Schaupackung f, → Attrappe f; (for clothes) → (Schaufenster- or Kleider)puppe f; (of book) → Blindband m ? ventriloquist’s dummy, tailor’s dummy

(Brit: = baby’s teat) → Schnuller m

(Cards: = person) → Dummy m; (= cards) → Tisch m

(inf: = fool) → Dummkopf m, → Idiot m (inf), → Doofie m (inf)

(Ftbl etc) → Finte f; to sell somebody a dummy → jdn antäuschen

adj attr (= not real) → unecht; it’s just a dummy grenade → das ist nur die Attrappe einer Granate; a dummy company → eine Scheinfirma; a dummy bomb/weapon → eine Bomben-/Waffenattrappe; dummy pills → Placebos pl

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dummy

[ˈdʌmɪ]

1. n

a. (Comm) (imitation) → cosa finta, riproduzione f; (tailor's model) → manichino; (ventriloquist's dummy) → pupazzo (Sport) → finta; (Bridge) → morto

b. (Brit) (for baby) → tettarella, succhiotto

c. (fam) (idiot) → tonto/a

2. adj (not real) → finto/a, falso/a

dummy

(ˈdami) – plural ˈdummies – noun

1. an artificial substitute looking like the real thing. The packets of cigarettes on display were dummies.

2. a model of a human used for displaying clothes etc. a dressmaker's dummy.

3. an artificial teat put in a baby's mouth to comfort it.

dummy

→ أَبْكَم figurína dummy Schaufensterpuppe ομοίωμα maniquí sovitusnukke mannequin lutka manichino マネキン 모형 mannequin utstillingsfigur manekin boneco, manequim манекен attrapp หุ่นจำลอง vitrin mankeni người nộm ma nơ canh 人体模型

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Tom said it would take him days to get so he wouldn't forget he was a deef and dummy sometimes, and speak out before he thought.

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Next morning, when he looked at his work again, Tip saw he had forgotten to give the dummy a neck, by means of which he might fasten the pumpkinhead to the body.

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Nothing easier: the old merchant dragged in the dummy, brushed him off with a broom, stripped him, and shipped the clothes to the hotel.

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I imagine it is locked up in one of these things," went on Blunt, pointing towards the end of the studio where amongst the monumental presses of dark oak lurked the shy dummy which had worn the stiff robes of the Byzantine Empress and the amazing hat of the "Girl," rakishly.

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"I'll make you suffer for this, you hay-stuffed dummy! Don't you know eggs are poison to Nomes?"

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For the better preservation of his cheerfulness therefore, and to prevent his faculties from rusting, he provided himself with a cribbage-board and pack of cards, and accustomed himself to play at cribbage with a dummy, for twenty, thirty, or sometimes even fifty thousand pounds aside, besides many hazardous bets to a considerable amount.

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The conventional farm-folk of his imagination--personified in the newspaper-press by the pitiable dummy known as Hodge--were obliterated after a few days' residence.

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"I suppose I ought to give the wooden dummy a good start of me," growled Jim.

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Once Thomson, when he was dummy, crossed the room and approached them.

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Chitling: all intent upon a game of whist; the Artful taking dummy against Master Bates and Mr.

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The discovery that this was a dummy, and that the bed was clamped to the floor, instantly gave rise to the suspicion that the rope was there as a bridge for something passing through the hole and coming to the bed.

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The first thing to be done is to make another packet like the real one so that if he should ask to see the real one while it's in my possession, you can show him the dummy."