Phrase guide
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Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A film stand-in for an actor, in scenes not involving the face, especially during scenes of nudity, or of dangerous activity.
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noun
A political decoy; a person employed to impersonate a politician, in order to draw attention away from the real person or to take risks on their behalf.
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noun
A person who is present nearby — or virtually connected to — a person with ADHD in order to increase their attention and focus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
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verb
To act as a body double.
To stand in for an actor in a film.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
To act as a body double.
To impersonate a politician in order to draw attention away from the real person or to take risks on their behalf.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
To act as a body double.
To be present nearby, or virtually connected to, a person with ADHD in order to increase their attention and focus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
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History
The psychological sense was coined by ADHD coach Linda Anderson in 1996.
Across languages
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