adv
Meaning 1
Extremely.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, slang
Examples
- It's dummy hot outside.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
dummy
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈdʌmi/
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rhymes with -ʌmi
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CMU ARPABET: D AH1 M IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A silent person; a person who does not talk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dumby
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A stupid person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Don't be such a dummy!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dumby, dumdum
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A term of address.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Qualifier: African-American Vernacular; Baltimore; African-American Vernacular; Baltimore
Examples
- Hey dummy, what's good wit chu?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dude, bro
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A figure of a person or animal used by a ventriloquist; a puppet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
Something constructed with the size and form of a human, to be used in place of a person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- To understand the effects of the accident, we dropped a dummy from the rooftop.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mannequin, marionette
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
A person who is the mere tool of another; a man of straw.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
A deliberately nonfunctional device or tool used in place of a functional one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The hammer and drill in the display are dummies.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
A pacifier; a plastic or rubber teat used to soothe or comfort a baby.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK
Examples
- The baby wants her dummy.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: binky, bink, bo-bo, comforter, dodie, dummy, nookie, paci, piece, pippy, soother
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
A player whose hand is shown and is to be played from by another player.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: bridge, card-games, games
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 11
A word serving only to make a construction grammatical.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
Examples
- The pronoun "it" in "It's a mystery why this happened" is a dummy.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 12
An unused parameter or value.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
Examples
- If flag1 is false, the other parameters are dummies.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 13
A feigned pass or kick or play in order to deceive an opponent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, rugby, soccer, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 14
A bodily gesture meant to fool an opposing player; a feint.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: juke, deke
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 15
A newborn animal that is indifferent to stimulus and does not voluntarily move.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive
Examples
- a dummy calf, lamb, or foal
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 16
A fairy chess piece that cannot move or capture, but can be captured and used to skip moving another piece.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: board-games, chess, games
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 17
To make a mock-up or prototype version of something, without some or all off its intended functionality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The carpenters dummied some props for the rehearsals.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 18
To feint.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: juke, deke
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 19
having the appearance of being real but lacking capacity to function
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a dummy corporation
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 20
a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: blank, blank shell
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cartridge
noun
Meaning 21
a figure representing the human form
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: figure
Narrower terms: lay figure, mannequin, manikin, mannikin, manakin, form, ventriloquist's dummy
noun
Meaning 22
an ignorant or foolish person
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dumbbell, dope, boob, booby, pinhead
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: simpleton, simple
noun
Meaning 23
a person who does not talk
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: silent person
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mute, deaf-mute, deaf-and-dumb person
verb
Meaning 24
make a dummy of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- dummy up the books that are to be published
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dummy up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: produce, make, create
History
Etymology
From dumb + -y. Pacifier sense from dummy teat where dummy is in the sense of a nonfunctional replica.
Across languages
Translations
118 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: tuppisuu — a silent person
- French: muet — a silent person
- Indonesian: pendiam — a silent person
- Italian: taciturno — a silent person
- Russian: молчу́н (molčún) — a silent person
- Russian: молчу́нья (molčúnʹja) — a silent person
- Serbo-Croatian: mučaljivac — a silent person
- Serbo-Croatian: mutavac — a silent person
- Spanish: silencioso — a silent person
- Spanish: silente — a silent person
- Bulgarian: тъпак (tǎpak) — a stupid person
- Czech: hlupák — a stupid person
- Danish: tåbe — a stupid person
- Esperanto: stultulo — a stupid person
- Finnish: tollo — a stupid person
- French: idiot — a stupid person
- French: idiote — a stupid person
- French: imbécile — a stupid person
- Hebrew: גֹּלֶם (gólem) — a stupid person
- Hungarian: fajankó — a stupid person
- Italian: stupido — a stupid person
- Italian: scemo — a stupid person
- Macedonian: глупак (glupak) — a stupid person
- Macedonian: глупачка (glupačka) — a stupid person
- Norwegian Bokmål: dumming — a stupid person
- Norwegian Bokmål: tosk — a stupid person
- Norwegian Nynorsk: dumming — a stupid person
- Norwegian Nynorsk: tosk — a stupid person
- Plautdietsch: Dommajon — a stupid person
- Polish: głupek — a stupid person
- Portuguese: idiota — a stupid person
- Portuguese: imbecil — a stupid person
- Russian: дура́к (durák) — a stupid person
- Russian: глупе́ц (glupéc) — a stupid person
- Russian: ду́рень (dúrenʹ) — a stupid person
- Russian: ду́ра (dúra) — a stupid person
- Russian: болва́н (bolván) — a stupid person
- Russian: ча́йник (čájnik) — a stupid person
- Russian: тупи́ца (tupíca) — a stupid person
- Russian: бе́столочь (béstoločʹ) — a stupid person
- Serbo-Croatian: glupan — a stupid person
- Serbo-Croatian: budala — a stupid person
- Serbo-Croatian: blesan — a stupid person
- Serbo-Croatian: tupan — a stupid person
- Serbo-Croatian: tupavac — a stupid person
- Serbo-Croatian: blentavac — a stupid person
- Serbo-Croatian: blento — a stupid person
- Spanish: tonto — a stupid person
- Spanish: estúpido — a stupid person
- Spanish: idiota — a stupid person
- Swedish: dumhuvud — a stupid person
- Ottoman Turkish: طوی (toy) — a stupid person
- Yiddish: גולם (goylem) — a stupid person
- Finnish: nukke — figure of a person or animal used by a ventriloquist
- German: Puppe — figure of a person or animal used by a ventriloquist
- Malayalam: പാവ (pāva) — figure of a person or animal used by a ventriloquist
- Turkish: kukla — figure of a person or animal used by a ventriloquist
- Arabic: دُمْيَة (dumya) — something constructed with the size and form of a human
- Bulgarian: манекен (maneken) — something constructed with the size and form of a human
- Chinese Mandarin: 假人 (jiǎrén) — something constructed with the size and form of a human
- Czech: figurína — something constructed with the size and form of a human
- Czech: panák — something constructed with the size and form of a human
- Danish: dukke — something constructed with the size and form of a human
- Danish: gine — something constructed with the size and form of a human
- Danish: mannequin — something constructed with the size and form of a human
- Estonian: mannekeen — something constructed with the size and form of a human
- Finnish: mallinukke — something constructed with the size and form of a human
- French: mannequin — something constructed with the size and form of a human
- German: lebensgroße Puppe — something constructed with the size and form of a human
- German: Dummy — something constructed with the size and form of a human
- Hungarian: próbababa — something constructed with the size and form of a human
- Italian: manichino — something constructed with the size and form of a human
- Italian: sagoma — something constructed with the size and form of a human
- Italian: fantoccio — something constructed with the size and form of a human
- Macedonian: кукла (kukla) — something constructed with the size and form of a human
- Polish: manekin — something constructed with the size and form of a human
- Polish: kukła — something constructed with the size and form of a human
- Portuguese: manequim — something constructed with the size and form of a human
- Russian: манеке́н (manekén) — something constructed with the size and form of a human
- Russian: ку́кла (kúkla) — something constructed with the size and form of a human
- Russian: чу́чело (čúčelo) — something constructed with the size and form of a human
- Scottish Gaelic: breugag — something constructed with the size and form of a human
- Serbo-Croatian: maneken — something constructed with the size and form of a human
- Spanish: maniquí — something constructed with the size and form of a human
- Spanish: muñeco — something constructed with the size and form of a human
- Bulgarian: бутафо́рия (butafórija) — a deliberately nonfunctional placeholder
- Czech: atrapa — a deliberately nonfunctional placeholder
- Danish: attrap — a deliberately nonfunctional placeholder
- Finnish: malli — a deliberately nonfunctional placeholder
- German: Attrappe — a deliberately nonfunctional placeholder
- Hebrew: דֶּמֶה (déme) — a deliberately nonfunctional placeholder
- Indonesian: cetak coba — a deliberately nonfunctional placeholder
- Indonesian: bonekaan — a deliberately nonfunctional placeholder
- Indonesian: tinulat — a deliberately nonfunctional placeholder
- Italian: simulacro — a deliberately nonfunctional placeholder
- Japanese: ダミー (damī) — a deliberately nonfunctional placeholder
- Macedonian: макета (maketa) — a deliberately nonfunctional placeholder
- Norwegian Bokmål: dummy — a deliberately nonfunctional placeholder
- Polish: atrapa — a deliberately nonfunctional placeholder
- Portuguese: simulacro — a deliberately nonfunctional placeholder
- Russian: маке́т (makét) — a deliberately nonfunctional placeholder
- Russian: бутафо́рия (butafórija) — a deliberately nonfunctional placeholder
- Serbo-Croatian: atrapa — a deliberately nonfunctional placeholder
- Bulgarian: мор (mor) — bridge: the partner of the winning bidder, who shows his or her hand
- Finnish: lepääjä — bridge: the partner of the winning bidder, who shows his or her hand
- French: mort — bridge: the partner of the winning bidder, who shows his or her hand
- Irish: balbhán — bridge: the partner of the winning bidder, who shows his or her hand
- Italian: morto — bridge: the partner of the winning bidder, who shows his or her hand
- Norwegian Bokmål: blindemann — bridge: the partner of the winning bidder, who shows his or her hand
- Polish: dziadek — bridge: the partner of the winning bidder, who shows his or her hand
- Russian: болва́н (bolván) — bridge: the partner of the winning bidder, who shows his or her hand
- Spanish: muerto — bridge: the partner of the winning bidder, who shows his or her hand
- Bulgarian: финт (fint) — a feigned pass or play to deceive others in sport
- Finnish: harhautus — a feigned pass or play to deceive others in sport
- Indonesian: kibulan — a feigned pass or play to deceive others in sport
- Māori: tohipa — a feigned pass or play to deceive others in sport
- Russian: финт (fint) — a feigned pass or play to deceive others in sport
- Welsh: ffug-bàs — a feigned pass or play to deceive others in sport
Real reading context