dummy

noun

/ˈdʌmi/

(plural dummies)

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[countable] a model of a person, used especially when making clothes or for showing them in a shop window
- a tailor’s dummy
- a ventriloquist’s dummy
see also crash-test dummy, mannequinTopics Clothes and Fashionc2, Shoppingc2
[countable] a thing that seems to be real but is only a copy of the real thing
- The bottles of whisky on display are all dummies.
[countable] (North American English, informal) a stupid person
- Don't just stand there, you dummy.
Topics Personal qualitiesc2
[countable] (in some sports) an occasion when you pretend to make a particular move and then do not do so
[countable] (British English)
(North American English pacifier, Binky™)
a rubber or plastic object with a special shape that a baby sucks on with its lips and tongue
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- baby
- birth
- child
- dummy
- feed
- incubator
- nappy
- pram
- premature
- teethe
Topics Life stagesc2
[uncountable] (in card games, especially bridge) the cards that are placed facing upwards on the table and which can be seen by all the players
- She played a jack from dummy.

Word Originlate 16th cent.: from dumb + -y. The original sense was ‘a person who cannot speak’, then ‘an imaginary fourth player in whist’ (mid 18th cent.), whence ‘a substitute for the real thing’ and ‘a model of a human being’ (mid 19th cent.).

dummy

adjective

/ˈdʌmi/

[only before noun]

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made to look real, although it is actually a copy that does not work synonym replica
- a dummy bomb
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Dummy is used with these nouns:
bomb
run
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Word Originlate 16th cent.: from dumb + -y. The original sense was ‘a person who cannot speak’, then ‘an imaginary fourth player in whist’ (mid 18th cent.), whence ‘a substitute for the real thing’ and ‘a model of a human being’ (mid 19th cent.).

dummy

verb

/ˈdʌmi/

[transitive, intransitive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they dummy	/ˈdʌmi/ /ˈdʌmi/
he / she / it dummies	/ˈdʌmiz/ /ˈdʌmiz/
past simple dummied	/ˈdʌmid/ /ˈdʌmid/
past participle dummied	/ˈdʌmid/ /ˈdʌmid/
-ing form dummying	/ˈdʌmiɪŋ/ /ˈdʌmiɪŋ/

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(especially in football (soccer) and rugby) to pretend to make a particular move in order to confuse your opponent
- dummy something She dummied a shot that brought the goalie to her knees.
- He was accused of dummying a penalty.
- + adv./prep. He dummied past five defenders, then shot at the near post.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from dumb + -y. The original sense was ‘a person who cannot speak’, then ‘an imaginary fourth player in whist’ (mid 18th cent.), whence ‘a substitute for the real thing’ and ‘a model of a human being’ (mid 19th cent.).

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