dummy

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noun

dum·my ˈdə-mē How to pronounce dummy (audio)

plural dummies

dated, offensive : a person who is incapable of speaking

: a person who is habitually silent

: a stupid person

He's no dummy.

She loves you, you dummy.

card games

: the exposed hand in bridge played by the declarer in addition to his or her own hand

: a bridge player whose hand is a dummy

: an imitation, copy, or likeness of something used as a substitute: such as

: mannequin

a crash test dummy

football : a stuffed figure or cylindrical bag used for tackling (see tackle entry 2 sense 1b) and blocking practice

entertainment : a large puppet usually having movable features (such as mouth and arms) manipulated by a ventriloquist

chiefly British : pacifier sense 2

: one seeming to act independently but in reality controlled by another

a dummy for the real store owner

printing

: a mock-up of a proposed publication (such as a book or magazine)

: a set of pages (as for a newspaper or magazine) with the position of text and artwork indicated for the printer (see printer sense a)

Synonyms

Noun

airhead
birdbrain
blockhead
bonehead
bubblehead
chowderhead
chucklehead
clodpoll
clodpole
clot [British]
cluck
clunk
cretin
cuddy [British dialect]
cuddie
deadhead
dim bulb [slang]
dimwit
dip
dodo
dolt
donkey
doofus [slang]
dope
dork [slang]
dullard
dum-dum
dumbbell
dumbhead
dummkopf
dunce
dunderhead
fathead
gander
golem
goof
goon
half-wit
hammerhead
hardhead
idiot
ignoramus
imbecile
jackass
know-nothing
knucklehead
lamebrain
loggerhead [chiefly dialect]
loon
lump
lunkhead
meathead
mome [archaic]
moron
mug [chiefly British]
mutt
natural
nimrod [slang]
nincompoop
ninny
ninnyhammer
nit [chiefly British]
nitwit
noddy
noodle
numskull
numbskull
oaf
pinhead
prat [British]
ratbag [chiefly Australian]
saphead
schlub [slang]
shlub
schnook [slang]
simpleton
stock
stupe
stupid
thickhead
turkey
woodenhead
yahoo
yo-yo

Adjective

artificial
bogus
ersatz
factitious
fake
false
faux
imitation
imitative
man-made
mimic
mock
pretend
sham
simulated
substitute
synthetic

See all Synonyms & Antonyms

Example Sentences

Noun She loves you, you dummy. They practiced CPR on a dummy. The bomb was just a dummy. Adjective They took apart a dummy bomb. the dummy shutters on the house are actually made of vinyl and are for decoration only

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Each year, fire safety officials warn of the dangers of fireworks and stage demonstrations of dummies that catch fire and watermelons that explode.

Linda Trischitta, Sun-Sentinel.com, 10 July 2017 Zuby said the Tesla Model S didn’t have a strong enough safety belt, and a dummy used to simulate a driver in the small overlap test moved too far forward during the crash, striking its head on the steering wheel.

Diana Kruzman, USA TODAY, 6 July 2017 At NASA Langley's Landing and Impact Research Facility, ten crash test dummies were buckled into a section of airplane fuselage and dropped from the sky.

Chris Clarke, Popular Mechanics, 6 July 2017 Nursing students practice clinical procedures using virtual reality and full-size dummies, including a birthing simulator named Lucina.

Jennifer Lu, miamiherald, 12 June 2017 The American Heart Association employs a bunch of dummies.

Jessica Roy, The Cut, 23 June 2017 While the group did 100 to 120 chest compressions a minute on CPR dummies, or 30 compressions and two breaths, Metro took photos with her phone and streamed the scene on Facebook Live.

Victoria St. Martin, Washington Post, 5 July 2017 TV show host Ellen DeGeneres presented her a ventriloquist dummy named Stacy as a gift.

David Frese, kansascity.com, 30 June 2017 Baig is the co-author of iPhone For Dummies, an independent work published by Wiley.

Edward C. Baig, USA TODAY, 23 June 2017

Adjective

Patients receiving psilocybin had more headaches, nausea and anxiety than those getting the dummy drug.

Carla K. Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Aug. 2022 That's a big departure, Zatko claims, from the standard at companies like Google and Meta, where developers are required to use dummy data to perform coding and testing in specialized sandboxes that don't touch the main products consumers use.

Brian Fung, CNN, 24 Aug. 2022 Charm City Cakes confirms that all four layers were real cake — unlike some wedding cakes, which consist of dummy layers.

Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 23 Aug. 2022 Her job was to look at the ammunition and put in the dummy round or the blank round, and there wasn’t supposed to be any live rounds on the set.

Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2022 In a lawsuit, Gutierrez Reed has pointed the finger at Seth Kenney, the supplier who provided dummy rounds used on set.

Gene Maddaus, Variety, 18 Aug. 2022 Posiva is currently conducting a long-term, full-sized demonstration using heaters in dummy canisters surrounded by bentonite and temperature probes.

Howard Lee, Ars Technica, 17 Aug. 2022 The video above shows the new design, comparing an iPhone 14 Pro Max dummy unit against the iPhone 13 Pro Max.

Chris Smith, BGR, 8 Aug. 2022 The Oak Creek Fire Department has a new member named HOSE-A. Made out of old rubber fire hose, HOSE-A, named in part by the community, is a training dummy firefighters can use during drills for various scenarios.

Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2022

Verb

Slobodan Milosevic’s Yugoslav forces used mock tanks and dummy targets against NATO forces during the Kosovo conflict.

John Hudson, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2022 Pro Max dummy hands-on video teasing the significant camera upgrades coming to this year’s Pro models.

Chris Smith, BGR, 8 Aug. 2022 Earlier this year, the company successfully tested the methodology with a stage 1 mass simulator, or dummy booster.

Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 27 Apr. 2022 Gutierrez-Reed, 24, claims Seth Kenney's company PDQ Arm and Prop, LLC supplied a mix of live and dummy ammunition prior to the fatal shooting that took the life of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, according to court documents obtained by PEOPLE.

Alexia Fernández, PEOPLE.com, 12 Jan. 2022 Baldwin said accidental discharges of blanks or dummy rounds on film and television sets are common.

Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 2 Dec. 2021 The tragedy triggered an industry call for tighter safety standards on-set, including eliminating the use of real guns and dummy rounds of any kind.

Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2021 The study involved 4,753 children ages 6 to 11 who got either the vaccine or dummy shots.

Lauran Neergaard, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Oct. 2021 Mike Tristano, a veteran armorer, or movie weapons specialist, was alarmed to hear that live rounds were mixed in with blanks and dummy rounds.

Anchorage Daily News, 27 Oct. 2021 See More

单词	dummy
释义	dummy 1 of 3 noun dum·my ˈdə-mē plural dummies 1 a dated, offensive : a person who is incapable of speaking b : a person who is habitually silent c : a stupid person He's no dummy. She loves you, you dummy. 2 card games a : the exposed hand in bridge played by the declarer in addition to his or her own hand b : a bridge player whose hand is a dummy 3 : an imitation, copy, or likeness of something used as a substitute: such as a : mannequin a crash test dummy b football : a stuffed figure or cylindrical bag used for tackling (see tackle entry 2 sense 1b) and blocking practice c entertainment : a large puppet usually having movable features (such as mouth and arms) manipulated by a ventriloquist d chiefly British : pacifier sense 2 4 : one seeming to act independently but in reality controlled by another a dummy for the real store owner 5 printing a : a mock-up of a proposed publication (such as a book or magazine) b : a set of pages (as for a newspaper or magazine) with the position of text and artwork indicated for the printer (see printer sense a) dummy 2 of 3 adjective 1 a : having the appearance of being real : artificial dummy foods in the display case b : existing in name only : fictitious dummy corporations 2 : apparently acting for oneself while really acting for or at the direction of another a dummy director dummy 3 of 3 verb dummied; dummying transitive verb publishing : to make a dummy (see dummy entry 1 sense 5) of (something, such as a publication) —often used with up dummied up the front page Synonyms Noun airhead birdbrain blockhead bonehead bubblehead chowderhead chucklehead clodpoll clodpole clot [British] cluck clunk cretin cuddy [British dialect] cuddie deadhead dim bulb [slang] dimwit dip dodo dolt donkey doofus [slang] dope dork [slang] dullard dum-dum dumbbell dumbhead dummkopf dunce dunderhead fathead gander golem goof goon half-wit hammerhead hardhead idiot ignoramus imbecile jackass know-nothing knucklehead lamebrain loggerhead [chiefly dialect] loon lump lunkhead meathead mome [archaic] moron mug [chiefly British] mutt natural nimrod [slang] nincompoop ninny ninnyhammer nit [chiefly British] nitwit noddy noodle numskull numbskull oaf pinhead prat [British] ratbag [chiefly Australian] saphead schlub [slang] shlub schnook [slang] simpleton stock stupe stupid thickhead turkey woodenhead yahoo yo-yo Adjective artificial bogus ersatz factitious fake false faux imitation imitative man-made mimic mock pretend sham simulated substitute synthetic See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Noun She loves you, you dummy. They practiced CPR on a dummy. The bomb was just a dummy. Adjective They took apart a dummy bomb. the dummy shutters on the house are actually made of vinyl and are for decoration only Recent Examples on the Web Noun Each year, fire safety officials warn of the dangers of fireworks and stage demonstrations of dummies that catch fire and watermelons that explode. Linda Trischitta, Sun-Sentinel.com, 10 July 2017 Zuby said the Tesla Model S didn’t have a strong enough safety belt, and a dummy used to simulate a driver in the small overlap test moved too far forward during the crash, striking its head on the steering wheel. Diana Kruzman, USA TODAY, 6 July 2017 At NASA Langley's Landing and Impact Research Facility, ten crash test dummies were buckled into a section of airplane fuselage and dropped from the sky. Chris Clarke, Popular Mechanics, 6 July 2017 Nursing students practice clinical procedures using virtual reality and full-size dummies, including a birthing simulator named Lucina. Jennifer Lu, miamiherald, 12 June 2017 The American Heart Association employs a bunch of dummies. Jessica Roy, The Cut, 23 June 2017 While the group did 100 to 120 chest compressions a minute on CPR dummies, or 30 compressions and two breaths, Metro took photos with her phone and streamed the scene on Facebook Live. Victoria St. Martin, Washington Post, 5 July 2017 TV show host Ellen DeGeneres presented her a ventriloquist dummy named Stacy as a gift. David Frese, kansascity.com, 30 June 2017 Baig is the co-author of iPhone For Dummies, an independent work published by Wiley. Edward C. Baig, USA TODAY, 23 June 2017 Adjective Patients receiving psilocybin had more headaches, nausea and anxiety than those getting the dummy drug. Carla K. Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Aug. 2022 That's a big departure, Zatko claims, from the standard at companies like Google and Meta, where developers are required to use dummy data to perform coding and testing in specialized sandboxes that don't touch the main products consumers use. Brian Fung, CNN, 24 Aug. 2022 Charm City Cakes confirms that all four layers were real cake — unlike some wedding cakes, which consist of dummy layers. Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 23 Aug. 2022 Her job was to look at the ammunition and put in the dummy round or the blank round, and there wasn’t supposed to be any live rounds on the set. Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2022 In a lawsuit, Gutierrez Reed has pointed the finger at Seth Kenney, the supplier who provided dummy rounds used on set. Gene Maddaus, Variety, 18 Aug. 2022 Posiva is currently conducting a long-term, full-sized demonstration using heaters in dummy canisters surrounded by bentonite and temperature probes. Howard Lee, Ars Technica, 17 Aug. 2022 The video above shows the new design, comparing an iPhone 14 Pro Max dummy unit against the iPhone 13 Pro Max. Chris Smith, BGR, 8 Aug. 2022 The Oak Creek Fire Department has a new member named HOSE-A. Made out of old rubber fire hose, HOSE-A, named in part by the community, is a training dummy firefighters can use during drills for various scenarios. Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2022 Verb Slobodan Milosevic’s Yugoslav forces used mock tanks and dummy targets against NATO forces during the Kosovo conflict. John Hudson, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2022 Pro Max dummy hands-on video teasing the significant camera upgrades coming to this year’s Pro models. Chris Smith, BGR, 8 Aug. 2022 Earlier this year, the company successfully tested the methodology with a stage 1 mass simulator, or dummy booster. Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 27 Apr. 2022 Gutierrez-Reed, 24, claims Seth Kenney's company PDQ Arm and Prop, LLC supplied a mix of live and dummy ammunition prior to the fatal shooting that took the life of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, according to court documents obtained by PEOPLE. Alexia Fernández, PEOPLE.com, 12 Jan. 2022 Baldwin said accidental discharges of blanks or dummy rounds on film and television sets are common. Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 2 Dec. 2021 The tragedy triggered an industry call for tighter safety standards on-set, including eliminating the use of real guns and dummy rounds of any kind. Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2021 The study involved 4,753 children ages 6 to 11 who got either the vaccine or dummy shots. Lauran Neergaard, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Oct. 2021 Mike Tristano, a veteran armorer, or movie weapons specialist, was alarmed to hear that live rounds were mixed in with blanks and dummy rounds. Anchorage Daily News, 27 Oct. 2021 See More Word History Etymology Noun, Adjective, and Verb dumb entry 1 + -y entry 4 First Known Use Noun 1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Adjective 1846, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Verb circa 1928, in the meaning defined above Phrases Containing dummy crash test dummy dummy pill dummy run dummy up dummy variable crash test dummy dummy pill dummy run dummy up dummy variable Kids Definition dummy noun dum·my ˈdə-mē plural dummies 1 : something shaped like a human a clothes store dummy 2 : a doll used in a ventriloquist's act 3 : a stupid person Medical Definition dummy 1 of 2 noun dum·my ˈdəm-ē plural dummies 1 : a horse lacking the ability to respond to ordinary stimuli because of cerebral damage especially following encephalomyelitis 2 : pontic 3 : placebo dummy 2 of 2 adjective : being a placebo those who unknowingly receive a dummy pill instead of the real thing Nicholas Wade dummy 1 of 2 adjective as in fake being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials the dummy shutters on the house are actually made of vinyl and are for decoration only Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance fake faux simulated synthetic artificial imitation mock false imitative pretend bogus sham substitute mimic designer manufactured factitious ersatz counterfeit process manipulated fabricated pseudo deceptive man-made doctored forged phony engineered misleading cultured concocted fraudulent phoney juggled fudged adulterated spurious feigned unauthentic pinchbeck affected tampered (with) brummagem Antonyms & Near Antonyms real natural genuine true legitimate bona fide valuable authentic pure quality premium unadulterated See More dummy 2 of 2 noun 1 as in idiot a stupid person it's obvious that she's in love with you, you dummy Synonyms & Similar Words idiot moron stupid fool prat goose loser donkey imbecile dolt lunatic dimwit dunce mutt dunderhead ignoramus goof clown natural jackass knucklehead blockhead golem goon pinhead bonehead doofus turkey dumbhead dullard numbskull airhead dope hammerhead ninny dummkopf chucklehead numskull lamebrain dumbbell lunkhead simpleton meathead cretin dork nitwit schnook saphead stupe jerk oaf loon dip hardhead dum-dum fathead noodle noddy clodpole bubblehead nincompoop birdbrain know-nothing nimrod lump stock clunk yahoo dim bulb cuddy chowderhead clodpoll dumb cluck schlub cluck woodenhead villain gander buffoon thickhead ratbag dodo half-wit cuddie snake shlub loggerhead booby mome ninnyhammer yo-yo clot skunk deadhead nit madman loony mug nut creep zany beast cad stinker cur gawk boor scatterbrain heel featherbrain churl Antonyms & Near Antonyms brain genius wizard intellect whiz sage intellectual thinker sharpie sharpy polymath Renaissance man See More 2 as in mannequin a three-dimensional representation of the human body used especially for displaying clothes the dummies were arranged in the store window as if they were acting out scenes Synonyms & Similar Words mannequin doll manikin figure mannikin form 3 as in copy something that is made to look exactly like something else for the movie, the props department made a dummy of the lunar module actually used in the mission Synonyms & Similar Words copy replica reproduction mock imitation duplicate version clone dupe carbon fake facsimile simulation phony replication duplication miniature carbon copy sham mock-up reduplication phoney reconstruction counterfeit forgery print knockoff spare image impression rip-off rubber stamp approximation extra semblance likeness reincarnation shadow imprint reserve re-creation Antonyms & Near Antonyms prototype original archetype Phrases Containing dummy dummy up dummy up
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