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Definition of Dummy
1. Adjective. Having the appearance of being real but lacking capacity to function. "A dummy corporation"
2. Verb. Make a dummy of. "Dummy up the books that are to be published"
3. Noun. A person who does not talk.
4. Noun. An ignorant or foolish person.
Generic synonyms: Simple, Simpleton
Derivative terms: Boob, Dopey, Dopy
5. Noun. A figure representing the human form.
Specialized synonyms: Lay Figure, Form, Manakin, Manikin, Mannequin, Mannikin, Ventriloquist's Dummy
6. Noun. A cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet.
Definition of Dummy
1. a. Silent; mute; noiseless; as a dummy engine.
2. n. One who is dumb.
Definition of Dummy
1. Noun. A silent person; a person who does not talk. ¹
2. Noun. An unintelligent person. ¹
3. Noun. A figure of a person or animal used by a ventriloquist; a puppet. ¹
4. Noun. Something constructed with the size and form of a human, to be used in place of a person. ¹
5. Noun. A deliberately nonfunctional device or tool used in place of a functional one. ¹
6. Noun. (UK NZ) A pacifier. ¹
7. Noun. (card games chiefly bridge) A player whose hand is shown and is to be played from by another player. ¹
8. Noun. (U.K.) A bodily gesture meant to fool an opposing player in sport; a feint. ¹
9. Noun. (linguistics) A word serving only to make a construction grammatical. ¹
10. Noun. (programming) An unused parameter or value. ¹
11. Verb. To make a mock-up or prototype version of something, without some or all off its intended functionality. ¹
12. Verb. To feint ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dummy
1. to make a representation of [v -MIED, -MYING, -MIES]
Medical Definition of Dummy
1. An artificial tooth on a fixed partial denture; it replaces the lost natural tooth, restores its functions, and usually occupies the space previously occupied by the natural crown. Synonym: dummy. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dummy
Literary usage of Dummy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"If the dealer passes the declaration to dummy, his right-hand adversary, ...
When the first card has been led, dummy's hand is exposed, never before the ..."
2. Manual of Library Economy by James Duff Brown, William Charles Berwick Sayers (1920)
"[A similar dummy, bearing the classification number and the name of the division,
serves as a good guide to the classification. The block is inserted at the ..."
3. Jamaican Song and Story: Annancy Stories, Digging Sings, Ring Tunes, and by Walter Jekyll, Alice Werner, C. S. Myers, Lucy Etheldred Broadwood (1907)
"So he went to Bro'er Peafowl an' ask him :—" What you will say if me carry you
fe dummy ?" Peafowl say:—" Me wi' say :— Andante. ..."
4. Personal Recollections of the Drama: Or Theatrical Reminiscen- Ces by Henry Dickinson Stone (1873)
"dummy Allen—Forrest's Costumer. Andrew Jackson Allen, from the days of the ...
dummy, as he was familiarly called, was a costumer, but occasionally acted. ..."
5. An American Transportation System: A Criticism of the Past and the Present by George A. Rankin (1909)
"A company which is strong financially organizes a dummy corporation to build ...
The dummy corporation authorizes a bond issue sufficient to build the road ..."
6. Pacific Coast Law Journal: Containing All the Decisions of the Supreme Court by California Supreme Court (1881)
"The dummy then ' surged' ahead. Deceased had his foot on the front step, ...
The surging of the dummy whirled him round. He tried to recover himself, ..."
7. Steam Turbines: A Treatise Covering U.S. Naval Practice by George Julian Meyers (1917)
"On the dummy piston, collars are turned to form a part of the dummy packing.
Surrounding the dummy piston is the dummy cylinder. ..."
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