What (who) is dummy - definition
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Dummy
·noun One who is dumb.
II. Dummy ·noun A thick-witted person; a dolt.
III. Dummy ·noun A floating barge connected with a pier.
IV. Dummy ·adj Silent; mute; noiseless; as a dummy engine.
V. Dummy ·adj Fictitious or sham; feigned; as, a dummy watch.
VI. Dummy ·noun One who plays a merely nominal part in any action; a sham character.
VII. Dummy ·noun The fourth or exposed hand when three persons play at a four-handed game of cards.
VIII. Dummy ·noun A sham package in a shop, or one which does not contain what its exterior indicates.
IX. Dummy ·noun A locomotive with condensing engines, and, hence, without the noise of escaping steam; also, a dummy car.
X. Dummy ·noun An imitation or copy of something, to be used as a substitute; a model; a lay figure; as, a figure on which clothing is exhibited in shop windows; a blank paper copy used to show the size of the future book, ·etc.
dummy
n.
1.
Mute, dumb person.
2.
(Colloq.) Dumb-waiter.
3.
Fourth hand (when only three persons play at whist).
dummy
¦ noun (plural dummies)
1. a model or replica of a human being.
2. an object designed to resemble and serve as a substitute for the real one.
Brit. a rubber or plastic teat for a baby to suck on.
3. (chiefly in rugby and soccer) a feigned pass or kick.
4. Bridge the declarer's partner, whose cards are exposed on the table after the opening lead and played by the declarer.
(in whist) an imaginary fourth player.
5. informal, chiefly N. Amer. a stupid person.
¦ verb (dummies, dummying, dummied)
1. (chiefly in rugby and soccer) feign a pass or kick.
2. (dummy up) N. Amer. informal keep quiet.
Phrases
sell someone a dummy (chiefly in rugby and soccer) deceive an opponent by feigning a pass or kick.
Origin
Pronunciation examples for dummy
1. A dummy, a dummy.
Old-School Comfort Food - The Way I Learned to Cook _ Alex Guarnaschelli _ Talks at Google
2. What a dummy.
Edward Burger _ Talks at Google
3. When I dropped the phone, I said to myself, dummy, dummy, dummy,
Leadership and Nation Building _ Pat Utomi _ Talks at Google
4. Like, you big dummy.
Life as a Comedian and Family Man _ Gilbert Gottfried _ Talks at Google
5. to this dummy.
The Aeronaut's Windlass _ Jim Butcher _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of dummy
1. The HRW representative believes there is a Kremlin policy to create "dummy" NGOs to complement a dummy parliament and dummy television channels – a civic and political Potemkin Village for the Putin era.
2. The vest was then detonated on a dummy and the impact of the explosion on large metal plates the dummy was standing next to was shown.
3. Someone, put the dummy back in his box. cohenr@washpost.com
4. A good spokesman can‘t be a ventriloquist‘s dummy.
5. The missiles carried dummy warheads, the sources said.