English Explanatory Dictionary

dummy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A silent person; a person who does not talk.
  2. A stupid person.
  3. A term of address.
  4. A figure of a person or animal used by a ventriloquist; a puppet.
  5. Something constructed with the size and form of a human, to be used in place of a person.
  6. A person who is the mere tool of another; a man of straw.
  7. A deliberately nonfunctional device or tool used in place of a functional one.
  8. A pacifier; a plastic or rubber teat used to soothe or comfort a baby.
  9. A player whose hand is shown and is to be played from by another player.
  10. A word serving only to make a construction grammatical.
  11. An unused parameter or value.
  12. A feigned pass or kick or play in order to deceive an opponent.
verb
  1. To make a mock-up or prototype version of something, without some or all off its intended functionality.
  2. To feint.
adv
  1. Extremely.

Pronunciation

/ˈdʌmi/ EN-AU ck1 dummy.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-dummy.wav

Word forms

dummy dummies dumbie dumby dummying dummied more dummy most dummy

Etymology

From dumb + -y. Pacifier sense from dummy teat where dummy is in the sense of a nonfunctional replica.

Synonyms

dumby dumdum dude bro mannequin marionette binky bink bo-bo comforter dodie dummy nookie paci piece pippy soother juke deke

Related words

dud fake feint dumb

Derived words

beat the dummy chuck a dummy crash test dummy dumminess dummy bid dummy bidder dummy board dummy car dummy foal dummy foal syndrome dummy half dummy it dummy light dummymander dummy pronoun dummy-proof dummy run dummy scissors dummy spit dummy subject dummy text dummy variable dummy whist sell the dummy spit the dummy tailor's dummy test dummy dummy out dummy up

Translations

Bulgarian: мор Finnish: lepääjä French: mort Irish: balbhán Italian: morto Norwegian Bokmål: blindemann Polish: dziadek Russian: болва́н Spanish: muerto
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