[duhm-ee] 
noun, plural -mies, adjective, verb, -mied, -my⋅ing.| 1. | a representation or copy of something, as for displaying to indicate appearance: a display of lipstick dummies made of colored plastic. |
| 2. | a representation of a human figure, as for displaying clothes in store windows. |
| 3. | Informal. a stupid person; dolt. |
| 4. | a person who has nothing to say or who takes no active part in affairs. |
| 5. | one put forward to act for others while ostensibly acting for oneself. |
| 6. | Slang.
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| 7. | Bridge.
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| 8. | British. pacifier (def. 2). |
| 9. | Printing. sheets folded and made up to show the size, shape, form, sequence, and general style of a contemplated piece of printing. |
| 10. | a rammer for pushing out dents in lead pipe. |
| 11. | Computers. an artificial address, instruction, or other datum fed into a computer only to fulfill prescribed conditions and not affecting operations for solving problems. |
| 12. | Military. a nonexplosive bomb used for practice exercises. |
| 13. | Dentistry. pontic. |
| 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. |
| 18. | Printing. to prepare a dummy of (often fol. by up): The designer dummied up the book so that they could study the format. |
| 19. | to represent in a dummy (often fol. by in): to dummy in an illustration. |
| 20. | dummy up, Informal. to keep silent; refuse to answer: If anybody asks you, just dummy up. |
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.
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