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noun

a representation or copy of something, as for displaying to indicate appearance: a display of lipstick dummies made of colored plastic.

a representation of a human figure, as for displaying clothes in store windows.

Informal. a stupid person; dolt.

a person who has nothing to say or who takes no active part in affairs.

one put forward to act for others while ostensibly acting for oneself.

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Slang.

Offensive. a person who lacks the power of speech.

a person who is characteristically and habitually silent.

Bridge.

the declarer's partner, whose hand is exposed and played by the declarer.

the hand of cards so exposed.

a game so played.

an imaginary player represented by an exposed hand that is played by and serves as partner to one of the players.

British. pacifier (def. 2).

Printing. sheets folded and made up to show the size, shape, form, sequence, and general style of a contemplated piece of printing.

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a rammer for pushing out dents in lead pipe.

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Computers. an artificial address, instruction, or other datum fed into a computer only to fulfill prescribed conditions and not affecting operations for solving problems.

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Military. a nonexplosive bomb used for practice exercises.

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Dentistry. pontic.

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adjective

14.

noting or pertaining to an imitation, representation, or copy.

15.

counterfeit; sham; fictitious.

16.

put forward to act for others while ostensibly acting for oneself.

17.

Cards. played with a dummy.

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verb (used with object)

18.

Printing. to prepare a dummy of (often followed by up): The designer dummied up the book so that they could study the format.

19.

to represent in a dummy (often followed by in): to dummy in an illustration.

Verb phrase

20.

dummy up, Informal. to keep silent; refuse to answer: If anybody asks you, just dummy up.

Origin:
1590–1600; 1915–20, Americanism for def. 20; dumb + -y³

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Many players have quite the wrong idea about the appropriate behavior for dummy.

T-statistics will reveal the significance of the coefficients on each of the dummy variables.

In response to these chemical and visual signals, the male wasp attempts to mate with the dummy female.

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Many players have quite the wrong idea about the appropriate behavior for dummy.

T-statistics will reveal the significance of the coefficients on each of the dummy variables.

In response to these chemical and visual signals, the male wasp attempts to mate with the dummy female.

Patients who receive dummy pills often show clinical improvement.

Brevity is the sole of wit, as any dummy can tell you.

He shoves and presses and knees and then sets the dummy back down on the floor.

Most players know in theory that as declarer it is wise to take a good look at the dummy before making a move.

Set up a bunch of dummy my-space accounts say how great you are.

Please tell me he had dummy magnets set up that he could beat on.

At the same time, while you watch, he must also tap and stroke the visible dummy in perfect synchrony.

What they weren't told was that the button was a dummy.

Blanchard had also taken detailed measurements of the room and set up a dummy version in a friend's nearby machine shop.

Sure, there's a long tradition of using dummy rifles to drill recruits, particularly in underfunded militaries.

Smoldering mulch embers waft up from a trench and are blown toward the dummy home.

The dummy reversal was complete, but there was no entry to the dummy to remove the last trump.

Usually, a pair of microphones are placed on a dummy head to record what a human would hear.

Berkowitz accurately shifted to the spade eight, which killed the vital dummy entry.

For the test launch, however, a dummy had the honor.

South was alarmed by dummy but gratified by the lead.

These tests consist of firing a dummy missile from a ship or submarine which the test facility then attempts to shoot down.

The diamond eight was led, and ducking in dummy would have succeeded.

Keeping the dressmaker's dummy out of his field of vision, he left the room.

Behind them is a tailor's dummy wearing a wedding gown.

To work the machines, you use a big wooden lever to slide the belt from the dummy pulley to the power pulley.

When the club was led from the dummy he put up the jack and was in control.

He then established diamonds and wound up in dummy by playing the third round of trumps to the king.

About fifteen objects, believed to have been dummy bombs, dropped from an.

Stand next to your plastic dummy and smack his head, chest, or feet to reflect the antics onscreen.

But declarer would have discarded a diamond from dummy and ruffed in her hand.

He then drew three rounds of trump, ending in dummy.

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World English Dictionary

dummy (ˈdʌmɪ)

—n , pl -mies
1.	a figure representing the human form, used for displaying clothes, in a ventriloquist's act, as a target, etc
2.	a. a copy or imitation of an object, often lacking some essential feature of the original
	b. (as modifier): a dummy drawer
3.	slang a stupid person; fool
4.	derogatory, slang a person without the power of speech; mute
5.	informal a person who says or does nothing
6.	a. a person who appears to act for himself while acting on behalf of another
	b. (as modifier): a dummy buyer
7.	military a weighted round without explosives, used in drill and training
8.	bridge
	a. the hand exposed on the table by the declarer's partner and played by the declarer
	b. the declarer's partner
9.	a. a prototype of a proposed book, indicating the general appearance and dimensions of the finished product
	b. a designer's layout of a page indicating the positions for illustrations, etc
10.	a feigned pass or move in a sport such as football or rugby
11.	(Brit) US and Canadian equivalent: pacifier a rubber teat for babies to suck or bite on
12.	(modifier) counterfeit; sham
13.	(modifier) (of a card game) played with one hand exposed or unplayed

—vb , -mies, -mies, -mying, -mied
14.	to prepare a dummy of (a proposed book, page, etc)
15.	sport Also: sell someone a dummy to use a dummy pass in order to trick (an opponent)

[C16: see dumb, -y³]

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Word Origin & History

dummy

1598, "mute person," from dumb (q.v.). Extended by 1845 to "figure representing a person." Used in card games (originally whist) since 1736.

American Heritage

Cultural Dictionary

dummy definition

In a corporation, one who stands in for a real director or who serves as a nominal director during the organization of the corporation until the stockholders can elect directors.

Slang Dictionary

dummy definition

n.
an empty liquor or beer bottle. : Toss your dummies over here, and I'll put them in the bin.
n.
a cigarette butt. : The guy tossed a dummy out the window of his car.
n.
a stupid person. (Rude and derogatory.) : Don't be such a dummy.
n.
the penis. (Usually objectionable.) : He held his hands over his little dummy and ran for the bedroom.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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