What does dummy mean?
Definitions for dummy
ˈdʌm idum·my
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word dummy.
Princeton's WordNet
dummy, silent personnoun
a person who does not talk
dumbbell, dummy, dope, boob, booby, pinheadnoun
an ignorant or foolish person
dummynoun
a figure representing the human form
blank, dummy, blank shelladjective
a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet
dummyverb
having the appearance of being real but lacking capacity to function
"a dummy corporation"
dummy, dummy upverb
make a dummy of
"dummy up the books that are to be published"
Wiktionary
dummynoun
A silent person; a person who does not talk.
dummynoun
An unintelligent person.
Don't be such a dummy!
dummynoun
A figure of a person or animal used by a ventriloquist; a puppet.
dummynoun
Something 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.
dummynoun
A deliberately nonfunctional device or tool used in place of a functional one.
The hammer and drill in the display are dummies.
dummynoun
A pacifier.
The baby wants her dummy.
dummynoun
A player whose hand is shown and is to be played from by another player.
dummynoun
A bodily gesture meant to fool an opposing player in sport; a feint.
dummynoun
A word serving only to make a construction grammatical.
The pronoun "it" in "It's a mystery why this happened" is a dummy.
dummyverb
To make a mock-up or prototype version of something, without some or all off its intended functionality.
The carpenters dummied up a set of simple props for the rehearsals.
dummyverb
To feint
dummynoun
An unused parameter or value.
If is false, the other parameters are dummies.
Webster Dictionary
Dummyadjective
silent; mute; noiseless; as a dummy engine
Etymology: [See Dumb.]
Dummyadjective
fictitious or sham; feigned; as, a dummy watch
Etymology: [See Dumb.]
Dummynoun
one who is dumb
Etymology: [See Dumb.]
Dummynoun
a sham package in a shop, or one which does not contain what its exterior indicates
Etymology: [See Dumb.]
Dummynoun
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
Etymology: [See Dumb.]
Dummynoun
one who plays a merely nominal part in any action; a sham character
Etymology: [See Dumb.]
Dummynoun
a thick-witted person; a dolt
Etymology: [See Dumb.]
Dummynoun
a locomotive with condensing engines, and, hence, without the noise of escaping steam; also, a dummy car
Etymology: [See Dumb.]
Dummynoun
the fourth or exposed hand when three persons play at a four-handed game of cards
Etymology: [See Dumb.]
Dummynoun
a floating barge connected with a pier
Etymology: [See Dumb.]
Freebase
Dummy
Dummy is the debut album of the Bristol-based group Portishead. Released in 22 August 1994 on Go! Discs, the album earned critical acclaim, winning the 1995 Mercury Music Prize. It is often credited with popularising the trip-hop genre and is frequently cited in lists of the best albums of the 1990s. Although it achieved modest chart success overseas, it peaked at No. 2 on the UK Album Chart and saw two of its three singles reach No. 13. The album was certified gold in 1997 and has sold two million copies in Europe. As of September 2011, the album was certified double-platinum in the United Kingdom and has sold as of September 2011 825,000 copies.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
dummy
See decoy.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
dummy
A wood frame landing-place in front of a pier.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of dummy in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of dummy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of dummy in a Sentence
We don’t know, however, whether that live round came from that box, we’re assuming it did. We’re assuming somebody put that live round in that box, which, if you think about that, the person who put the live round in the box of dummy rounds had to have the purpose of sabotaging the set. There’s no other reason you would do that. That you would mix that live round with the dummy rounds.
The Council considers that the cartoon uses exaggeration and absurdity to make its point, but accepts the publisher's claim that it does not depict Ms. Williams as an ape, rather showing her as 'spitting the dummy'.
I feel like such a dummy, only Scully could lose a ring while putting meat in a bag.
If a person's post gets support from many or most people in own individual's social media account , then its reason could be any or all of the following : a) He is either an influential and/or has a lot of money. b) It is from a girl or woman called honey c) Host is perceived as duffer or supporters are dummy. d) The thing shared is very common and ordinary e) S/he is made fun or fool by voters being funny
The Egyptians had a particularly nasty way of getting rid of people they felt had no consequence. Instead of embalming them, they simply constructed a fake mummy made from old strips of linen wrapped around a dummy of mud. If, in our modern world, you feel that there are a lot of “mud mummies” around you, get rid of the mud.
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- دميةArabic
- тъпак, залъгалка, мор, манекен, бутафорияBulgarian
- atrapa, dudlík, figurína, hlupák, panákCzech
- Attrappe, Beruhigungssauger, SchnullerGerman
- πιπίλαGreek
- chupete, muerto, maniquíSpanish
- mannekeenEstonian
- ساختگیPersian
- mallinukke, tutti, malli, tolloFinnish
- tototte, tétine, sucette, idiote, imbécile, mannequin, idiot, muet, suceFrench
- breugagScottish Gaelic
- cumiHungarian
- sagoma, simulacro, succhiotto, ciucciotto, taciturno, ciuccio, stupido, morto, manichino, fantoccio, itItalian
- おしゃぶりJapanese
- кукла, глупачка, глупак, макета, цуцлаMacedonian
- dummy, blindemannNorwegian
- fopspeen, speenDutch
- manekin, głupek, kukła, dziadek, atrapa, smoczekPolish
- chupetaPortuguese
- тупица, пустышка, манеке́н, бестолочь, дурак, чайник, дурень, глупец, соска, болван, дураRussian
- tupavac, glupan, cucla, mutavac, blentavac, maneken, duda varalica, blento, atrapa, tupan, blesan, budala, mučaljivacSerbo-Croatian
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