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Dummy

Dummy Meaning & Definition
Dummy Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dummy?

[n] a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet
[n] a figure representing the human form
[n] an ignorant or foolish person
[n] a person who does not talk
[adj] having the appearance of being real but lacking capacity to function; "a dummy corporation"
[v] make a dummy of; as of books or pages to be published

Synonyms | Synonyms for Dummy: artificial | blank | blank shell | boob | booby | dope | dumbbell | dummy up | pinhead | silent person | unreal

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See Also | cartridge | create | deaf-and-dumb person | deaf-mute | figure | form | lay figure | make | manakin | manikin | mannequin | mannikin | mute | produce | simple | simpleton | ventriloquist's dummy

Dummy In Webster's Dictionary

\Dum"my\, a. [See {Dumb}.] 1. Silent; mute; noiseless; as a dummy engine. 2. Fictitious or sham; feigned; as, a dummy watch. {Dummy car}. See under {Car}.
\Dum"my\, n.; pl. {Dummies}. 1. One who is dumb. --H. Smith. 2. A sham package in a shop, or one which does not contain what its exterior indicates. 3. 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. 4. (Drama) One who plays a merely nominal part in any action; a sham character. 5. A thick-witted person; a dolt. [Colloq.] 6. (Railroad) A locomotive with condensing engines, and, hence, without the noise of escaping steam; also, a dummy car. 7. (Card Playing) The fourth or exposed hand when three persons play at a four-handed game of cards. 8. A floating barge connected with a pier. --Knight. {To play dummy}, to play the exposed or dummy hand in cards. The partner of the dummy plays it.

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