Dummy

Word DUMMY
Character 5
Hyphenation dum my
Pronunciations /ˈdʌmi/

Definitions and meanings of "Dummy"

What do we mean by dummy?

An imitation of a real or original object, intended to be used as a practical substitute. noun

A mannequin used in displaying clothes. noun

A figure of a person or an animal manipulated by a ventriloquist. noun

A stuffed or pasteboard figure used as a target. noun

A heavy stuffed cylindrical bag used for blocking and tackling practice. noun

A stupid person; a dolt. noun

A silent or taciturn person. noun

A person or entity that is the named party to a transaction but that acts on behalf of another concealed person or entity. noun

A person or an agency secretly in the service of another. noun

One of a set of model pages with text and illustrations pasted into place to direct the printer. noun

A set of bound blank pages used as a model to show the size and general appearance of a book being published. noun

The partner in bridge who exposes his or her hand to be played by the declarer. noun

The hand thus exposed. noun

A character or other piece of information entered into a computer only to meet prescribed conditions, such as word length, and having no effect on operations. noun

Simulating or replacing something but lacking its function. adjective

Serving as a front or cover for another. adjective

A silent person; a person who does not talk.

An unintelligent person.

A figure of a person or animal used by a ventriloquist; a puppet.

Something constructed with the size and form of a human, to be used in place of a person.

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.

A "dummy teat"; a plastic or rubber teat used to soothe or comfort a baby; a pacifier.

A player whose hand is shown and is to be played from by another player.

A word serving only to make a construction grammatical.

An unused parameter or value.

A feigned pass or kick or play in order to deceive an opponent.

A bodily gesture meant to fool an opposing player; a feint.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Dummy

The word "dummy" in example sentences

To be shed of such a dummy is a GOOD thing for Alaskans. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Sen. Levin decried what he called "dummy assets" in the CDO, which help boost the rating and then were replaced at the last minute with lower quality assets, and called emails exchanged among S&P analysts, discussing Delphinus, "just devastating as to the kind of culture that was going on here." ❋ Maxwell Murphy (2011)

I have not been convinced by what the Air Force claimed and, of course, what I call the dummy drop theory of Roswell doesn't satisfy anyone, even the skeptics tended to laugh at that. ❋ Unknown (2005)

I set up what they call a dummy corporation, John McKenzie helped me to do it. ❋ Walter Mosley (2002)

If he leads a heart next, trying for a ruff in dummy, we can clear two of dummy's trumps, and Ed loses three hearts and a club. ❋ Frank Stewart (2010)

Please start hiding malware of viruses in dummy links on google to teach a lesson or something like that. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Its most indelible segment stars Michael Redgrave as a ventriloquist whose dummy is pulling his strings, thus instilling a fear of talking puppets in every child who saw it. ❋ Steve Dollar (2010)

South threw a heart and won in dummy, but East got the king of hearts at the end. ❋ Frank Stewart (2010)

Against four hearts, Cy led the king of spades, and South took the ace, ruffed his queen of clubs in dummy and led a trump. ❋ Frank Stewart (2010)

However, it forces declarer to ruff in dummy, so that he cannot make use of North's long spades. ❋ Zia Mahmood (2010)

South won the first spade in dummy, took the ace of trumps, led a spade to his king and continued with a low trump. ❋ Frank Stewart (2010)

April 9th, 2010 at 12: 41 am tombaker says: got your thongs all wadded up the whole point of the thong, dummy, is that there is nothing to get wadded up. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He won East's trump return in dummy and ruffed a club for his eighth trick, and dummy still had two high trumps. ❋ Frank Stewart (2010)

The most expensive element might be a Frankenstein dummy, which they lit on fire — and then cranked the film backwards, so the dummy appeared to emerge, unscathed, from the flames. ❋ Unknown (2010)

If East leads another club, South discards another diamond, wins in dummy, takes the ace of hearts, ruffs a heart, cashes the A-Q of trumps, ruffs a club and ruffs a heart. ❋ Frank Stewart (2010)

East won and led a trump, and South took the A-K of trumps, ruffed his low diamond in dummy, cashed the ace of hearts and ruffed a spade. ❋ Frank Stewart (2010)

This dummy is going around in circles within his own mind. ❋ Unknown (2010)

If West leads a third heart, South ruffs in dummy, takes the ace of trumps, leads a club to his hand, cashes the K-Q of trumps and concedes a trump. ❋ Frank Stewart (2010)

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