dummy English

Meaning dummy meaning

What does dummy mean?

Definitions in simple English

dummy Noun

— A dummy is a model of a person. A dummy is often used to show clothes or test safety. The dress looked better on the dummy. The company uses dummies to test the new cars in crashes.

— A dummy is a person who is stupid; if someone is a dummy they are not intelligent. You got good grades, I know you are not a dummy. I got angry because they treated me like a dummy. Those guys are a bunch of dummies. I need easy instruction, something for dummies.

— A dummy is something that is not there but people act like its there for some purpose. That file is just a dummy to help the program start.

dummy Adjective

— A dummy thing is something that is not there or is not the thing it is called. They used a dummy account to make the records look right. The card game has one dummy player for each real player.

dummy

— adjective having the appearance of being real but lacking capacity to function a dummy corporation

— verb (= dummy up) make a dummy of dummy up the books that are to be published

— noun a figure representing the human form

— noun a person who does not talk

— noun (= dumbbell) an ignorant or foolish person

— noun (= blank) a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet

Synonyms dummy synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as dummy?

dummy English » English

puppet

pacifier

idiot

fool

model

mannequin

moron

soother

imbecile

stooge

scarecrow

pinhead

mockup

marionette

front man

false

effigy

dummy up

dubbing

doll

boob

stupid

straw-man

staw-man

stand in

simpleton

silent person

sham

private agent personal agent

phoney

mock-up

maquette

manikin

front man agent

dumbbell

dope

dolt

counterfeit

comforter

booby

bogus

blank shell

blank

binky

wally

toy

tool

temporary

teething ring

stupid person

Topics dummy topics

What do people use dummy to talk about?

Person Life Stage of life Baby

Care for a baby

• What toys are given to a baby?
  rattle pacifier dummy

Language and thought Think Mind

Stupid

• What words refer to a person who does not think well?
  airhead blockhead dolt donkey dullard dumbbell dummy dunce dupe fanatic fool idiot imbecile moron numskull scatterbrain sucker

Examples dummy examples

How do I use dummy in a sentence?

Simple sentences

He made a crash test dummy of himself.

Tom is a dummy.

Tom is no dummy.

What a dummy! I forgot my keys!

I'm no dummy.

Movie subtitles

Oh, the bloody dummy!

This guy's letting on to be a dummy.

I'm supposed to be the dummy instead of the King, eh?

Dummy.

Her dummy?

The dummy ran off.

A dummy, eh.

An introvert, you dummy!

Get out, you dummy.

Hey, look what you're doing, you big dummy.

Same thing, dummy.

Holding it in dummy names.

They must have picked the prize dummy.

Well why don't you say somethin'? A fella gets nervous sittin' here like a dummy, with nothin' to think about but the Indians.

Yes, your Honor. -Is it also true that in the pantomime, you use the knife frequently? And at the end of the act, you throw it with such precision that it pierces the chest of a dummy, which is supposed to represent your partner.

Dummy leads.

The dummy leads.

I'm not the dummy.

And the dummy fell for it. hook, line and sinker!

I guess I am a kind of a dummy.

Why, you dummy, you've got four aces.

What's that thing that looks like a cigar-store dummy?

Oh, you don't have to worry. That's a dummy bomb.

I'll play dummy.

The dummy? Yes, the police are holding it as evidence.

His dummy.

Joan, you're a prized dummy.

You big dummy!

Who cares! You're a dummy!

They got as much sex appeal as a clothing-store dummy.

A fella gets nervous sittin' here like a dummy, with nothin' to think about but the Indians.

I'll make you a dummy horse and a swing.

I got a dummy horse and a swing!

Can I ride their dummy horse?

Don't stand here like a dummy.

Happy new century, dummy.

Dummy up, Cherry. Here comes McNamara.

The day after the murder, he transfers the deed to a dummy.

Dummy!

News and current affairs

We also know that Iran built an underground uranium enrichment plant at Natanz, hardened it against missile attack, and erected dummy buildings on the surface to conceal it from overhead surveillance.

Of course, this is simply a new wrinkle on an old practice, for North Korea has regularly used dummy companies to export missiles.