Sekirov Dictionary

dummy

/ˈdʌmi/

noun15

  1. A figure of a person or animal used by a ventriloquist; a puppet.
  2. a stupid person
  3. (slang) A term of address.
  4. Something constructed with the size and form of a human, to be used in place of a person.
  5. A deliberately nonfunctional device or tool used in place of a functional one.
  6. (UK, Australia) A pacifier; a plastic or rubber teat used to soothe or comfort a baby.
  7. A word serving only to make a construction grammatical.
  8. An unused parameter or value.
  9. A feigned pass or kick or play in order to deceive an opponent.
  10. (UK) A bodily gesture meant to fool an opposing player; a feint.
  11. A person who is the mere tool of another; a man of straw.
  12. A player whose hand is shown and is to be played from by another player.
  13. (old-fashioned) A silent person; a person who does not talk.
  14. [before a noun] A newborn animal that is indifferent to stimulus and does not voluntarily move.
  15. A fairy chess piece that cannot move or capture, but can be captured and used to skip moving another piece.

verb2

  1. To feint.
  2. To make a mock-up or prototype version of something, without all of the intended functionality.

adverb1

  1. (US, slang) Extremely.
forms

dummied · dummying · dummies · more dummy · most dummy

Phrases with dummy

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