dum·my
dum·my/ˈdəmē/
noun
- a model or replica of a human being."a waxwork dummy"
- something designed to resemble and serve as a substitute for the real or usual thing; a counterfeit or sham."tests using stuffed owls and wooden dummies"
- a stupid person.
- the declarer's partner, whose cards are exposed on the table after the opening lead and played by the declarer.
verb
create a mock-up of (a book, document, etc.).
"when we received the galleys from the typesetter, we would have dummied the book"
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The meaning of DUMMY is a person who is incapable of speaking. How to use dummy in a sentence.
dummy noun [C] (STUPID PERSON). a stupid or silly person: Taxpayers are not dummies, and they are going to know how politicians are trying to fool them.
adjective · being or relating to an imitation, representation, or copy: · performed as a trial or practice run: · counterfeit; sham; fictitious: · put forward ...
A dummy is a type of doll that looks like a person. Entertainers called ventriloquists can make dummies appear to talk. The automobile industry uses dummies in ...
A person who is the mere tool of another; a man of straw. A deliberately nonfunctional device or tool used in place of a functional one.
DUMMY meaning: 1 : a stupid person; 2 : a doll that is shaped like and is as large as a person.
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16 senses: 1. a figure representing the human form, used for displaying clothes, in a ventriloquist's act, as a target, etc 2.
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5 days ago · DUMMY meaning: 1. a stupid person 2. a small rubber object that you put in a baby's mouth to stop him or her from…. Learn more.
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[countable] a model of a person, used especially when making clothes or for showing them in a shop window. a tailor's dummy; a ventriloquist's dummy.
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An imitation or sham; substitute for the real thing, as an empty container or false drawer. Webster's New World.