dummynoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdʌm.i/us/ˈdʌm.i/dummy noun [ C ] (MODEL)
a large model of a human, especially one used to show clothes in a shop:
dummy noun [ C ] (NOT REAL)
something that is not real and is used for practice or to deceive:
UK in some sports, especially football, an act of pretending to kick or hit the ball in a particular direction, in order to deceive the other players
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True, real, false, and unreal
- actual
- actuality
- actually
- all that glitters is not gold idiom
- apocryphal
- faithful
- false
- falsely
- fictional
- fictitious
- glitter
- gritty
- nominal
- pretend
- proper
- properly
- properly speaking idiom
- pukka
- realistic
- well founded
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dummy noun [ C ] (FOR BABY)
UK US pacifier a smooth rubber or plastic object that is given to a baby to suck in order to comfort it and make it stop crying
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Children & babies
- a mouth to feed idiom
- arrival
- babe
- babe in arms
- baby
- childlike
- childproof
- children
- crawler
- designer baby
- oops-a-daisy
- pacifier
- papoose
- perisher
- pest
- tomboy
- tot
- tyke
- urchin
- waif
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dummy noun [ C ] (STUPID PERSON)
US also dumbbell informal a stupid or silly person:
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Stupid and silly people
- a right one idiom
- airhead
- asshole
- berk
- birdbrain
- dolt
- doofus
- dork
- duffer
- dullard
- muggins
- muppet
- mutt
- need
- need your head examined idiom
- simpleton
- stupid
- thicko
- tosser
- turkey
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dummyadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈdʌm.i/us/ˈdʌm.i/not real:
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True, real, false, and unreal
- actual
- actuality
- actually
- all that glitters is not gold idiom
- apocryphal
- faithful
- false
- falsely
- fictional
- fictitious
- glitter
- gritty
- nominal
- pretend
- proper
- properly
- properly speaking idiom
- pukka
- realistic
- well founded
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dummyverb [ I or T ]
uk/ˈdʌm.i/us/ˈdʌm.i/UKin games such as football or rugby, to pretend to kick or move a ball in a particular direction but instead do something completely different, in order to deceive the opposing team's players:
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Football/soccer
- 18-yard box
- 2 3 5
- 4 3 2 1
- 4 4 2
- 4 5 1
- crossbar
- feint
- game 39
- game ball
- ghost goal
- give-and-go
- goal average
- relegation
- scissor kick
- scrimmage
- seal dribble
- shin guard
- shin pad
- shirt pad
- stoppage
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