The meaning of Dummy

Dummy – definition

noun
A model or replica of a human being.
Usage examples:
A waxwork dummy
noun
An object designed to resemble and serve as a substitute for the real or usual one.
Usage examples:
Tests using stuffed owls and wooden dummies
noun
(chiefly in rugby and soccer) a feigned pass or kick intended to deceive an opponent.
Usage examples:
Connoisseurs of back flip passes, outrageous dummies and champagne rugby in general would have love…
noun
A stupid person.
Usage examples:
But the devil with the horns was looked upon as a kind of fool's gold, taught to dummies too stupid…
Synonims:
Idiot Fool Halfwit Nincompoop Dunce Dolt Ignoramus Cretin Imbecile Dullard Moron Simpleton Clod Dope Ninny Chump Dimwit Nitwit Goon Dumbo Dum-dum Dumb-bell Loon Jackass Bonehead Fathead Numbs
noun
The declarer's partner, whose cards are exposed on the table after the opening lead and played by the declarer.
Usage examples:
Immediately after this opening lead, the dummy's cards are exposed.

verb
(chiefly in rugby and soccer) feign a pass or kick in order to deceive an opponent.
Usage examples:
Blanco dummied past a static defence
verb
Create a mock-up of (a book, document, etc.).
Usage examples:
When we received the galleys from the typesetter, we would have dummied the book

Dummy translation into English

Dummy: translate from English into Chinese

假, 假人, 虚设, 傀儡, 假的

Dummy: translate from English into Dutch

Dummy, Pop, Blinde, Blind, Loos, Stroman, Onecht, Stommerik, Uilskuiken, Figurant, Nagemaakt

Dummy: translate from English into French

Factice, Mannequin, Faux, Maquette, Tétine, Mort, Sucette, Poupée, Feinte, Pantin, Andouille, Figurant

Dummy: translate from English into German

Attrappe, Schnuller, Puppe, Phantom, Sauger, Strohmann, Nuckel, Statist, Finte

Dummy: translate from English into Hindi

डमी, नकली, नक़ली, जाली, कल्पित, पुतली, कृत्रिम, बनावटी, प्रतिरूपी, आभासी, बिना शोर-ग़ुल का

Dummy: translate from English into Italian

Manichino, Fittizio, Finto, Morto, Falso, Fantoccio, Menabò, Prestanome, Tonto, Imbecille

Dummy: translate from English into Korean

가짜의, 더미, 바보, 모조품, 공포, 명의 상의 대표자, 더미 기호, 말이 없는, 인체모형, 표면상의 대표자, 공석의

Dummy: translate from English into Russian

Дурачок, Манекен, Фиктивный, Кукла, Болван, Чучело, Макет, Заглушка, Соска, Холостой, Модель, Ложный, Подставной, Марионетка, Тупица, Модельный, Финт, Подставное лицо, Учебный, Поддельный, Фиктивное лицо, Орудие в чужих руках, Обманное движение, Временный

Dummy: translate from English into Spanish

Ficticio, Maniquí, Muñeco, Muerto, Falso, Chupete, Tonto, Vacío, Postizo, Pelele, Muñeca, Hombre de paja, Envase, Mate, De error

Word origin

late 16th century: from dumb + -y1. The original sense was ‘a person who cannot speak’, then ‘an imaginary fourth player in whist’ (mid 18th century), whence ‘a substitute for the real thing’

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Dummy – similar words

dummies

noun
A model or replica of a human being.
Usage examples:
A waxwork dummy

verb
(chiefly in rugby and soccer) feign a pass or kick in order to deceive an opponent.
Usage examples:
Blanco dummied past a static defence

noun
A large model of a human
Usage examples:
They use crash-test dummies in order to improve safety equipment in cars., taxpayers are not dummie…

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dummied

verb
(chiefly in rugby and soccer) feign a pass or kick in order to deceive an opponent.
Usage examples:
Blanco dummied past a static defence

noun
A model or replica of a human being.
Usage examples:
A waxwork dummy

noun
An object designed to resemble and serve as a substitute for the real or usual one.
Usage examples:
Tests using stuffed owls and wooden dummies

All meanings and translations of Dummied

Dummy synonims

bonehead

noun
A stupid person.
Usage examples:
The mere mention of the words ‘far right’ calls forth an image of tattooed boneheads or the spectre…

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chump

noun
A foolish or easily deceived person.
Usage examples:
I was left feeling a bit of a chump

noun
A foolish or stupid person
Usage examples:
What a chump he was to quit his job.

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clod

noun
A lump of earth or clay.
Usage examples:
Frost is essential for breaking up clods into manageable sizes

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cretin

noun
A stupid person (used as a general term of abuse).

noun
An offensive word for a person who is considered to be very stupid or unpleasant

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dimwit

noun
A stupid or silly person.
Usage examples:
This is what causes otherwise innocent young children to grow up into a population of stupid dimwits!

noun
A stupid person
Usage examples:
I've completely forgotten what i came in here for - i'm such a dimwit!, look where you're going, di…

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dolt

noun
A stupid person.
Usage examples:
It's foolish to complain about uninteresting times, especially when one of your favourite curses is…

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dope

noun
A drug taken illegally for recreational purposes, especially cannabis.
Usage examples:
My dad caught me smoking dope

verb
Administer drugs to (a racehorse, greyhound, or athlete) in order to enhance or inhibit sporting performance.
Usage examples:
The horse was doped before the race

adjective
Administer drugs to (a racehorse, greyhound, or athlete) in order to inhibit or enhance sporting performance.
Usage examples:
The horse was doped before the race

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dullard

noun
A slow or stupid person.
Usage examples:
He was caricatured as a dupe and a dullard

noun
A stupid person

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dunce

noun
A person who is slow at learning; a stupid person.
Usage examples:
He was baffled by arithmetic and they called him a dunce at school

noun
A person who is slow to learn or stupid, especially at school

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fathead

noun
A stupid person.
Usage examples:
You're a fathead who doesn't understand a joke

noun
A stupid person

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fool

noun
A person who acts unwisely or imprudently; a silly person.
Usage examples:
I felt a bit of a fool

verb
Trick or deceive (someone); dupe.
Usage examples:
He fooled nightclub managers into believing he was a successful businessman

adjective
Foolish; silly.
Usage examples:
That damn fool waiter

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goon

noun
A silly, foolish, or eccentric person.

noun
Cheap wine, especially when sold in large cartons.
Usage examples:
We sat in the kitchen drinking the rest of the goon

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halfwit

noun
A foolish or stupid person.
Usage examples:
Worst of all were the halfwits in the background, guffawing at every pathetic gag

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idiot

noun
A stupid person.
Usage examples:
I feel like an idiot who swallowed every lie i was told

noun
A foolish person, esp. someone who has done something stupid
Usage examples:
I felt like an idiot., whose idiotic idea was it to go camping?

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ignoramus

noun
An ignorant or stupid person.
Usage examples:
Assume that your examiner is an ignoramus and explain everything to him

noun
A person who knows nothing
Usage examples:
I'm a complete ignoramus where computers are concerned.

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imbecile

noun
A stupid person.
Usage examples:
No matter what you call the mentally deficient, that term will come to be an insult when applied to…

adjective
Stupid; idiotic.
Usage examples:
Try not to make imbecile remarks

noun
A stupid person

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jackass

noun
A stupid person.
Usage examples:
First, you had every right to break up with me because i was a complete jackass and a moron and you…

noun
A silly, stupid person
Usage examples:
Why is russ behaving like such a jackass?

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loon

noun
A silly or foolish person.
Usage examples:
If only she weren't such a lovesick loon

noun
A large diving waterbird with a sleek black or grey head, a straight pointed bill, and short legs set far back under the body; a diver.
Usage examples:
The first, innocuous shower stroked the lake's surface but, when the wind came up, the loons began …

verb
Act in a foolish or desultory way.
Usage examples:
He decided to loon around london

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moron

ˈmɔː.rɒn

noun
A stupid person.
Usage examples:
We can't let these thoughtless morons get away with mindless vandalism every weekend

noun
A stupid person

noun
A very stupid person
Usage examples:
Some moron smashed into the back of my car yesterday., [ as form of address ] you moron!

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nincompoop

noun
A foolish or stupid person.
Usage examples:
And, as a reader recently suggested, it would allow movie watchers to gang up on the nincompoops wh…

noun
A foolish or stupid person

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ninny

noun
A foolish and weak person.
Usage examples:
Except for a scant few, the characters in st. elmo's fire are all either weasels, deceptive clods o…

noun
A foolish person

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nitwit

noun
A silly or foolish person (often as a general term of abuse).
Usage examples:
I want nothing to do with that bunch of nitwits!

noun
A foolish or stupid person

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numbs

verb
Deprive of feeling or responsiveness.
Usage examples:
The cold had numbed her senses

adjective
(of a part of the body) deprived of the power of physical sensation.
Usage examples:
My feet were numb with cold

adjective
(of a part of the body) unable to feel anything
Usage examples:
My fingers are so cold, they’re numb., at the sound of breaking glass, she went numb with fear.

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simpleton

noun
A foolish or gullible person.
Usage examples:
Stop grinning at me like a simpleton

noun
A person without the usual ability to use reason and understand

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