DUMMY
\dˈʌmi], \dˈʌmi], \d_ˈʌ_m_i]\
Definitions of DUMMY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet
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an ignorant or foolish person
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a figure representing the human form
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a person who does not talk
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having the appearance of being real but lacking capacity to function; "a dummy corporation"
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make a dummy of; "dummy up the books that are to be published"
By Princeton University
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a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet
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an ignorant or foolish person
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make a dummy of; as of books or pages to be published
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a figure representing the human form
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a person who does not talk
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having the appearance of being real but lacking capacity to function; "a dummy corporation"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Silent; mute; noiseless; as a dummy engine.
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Fictitious or sham; feigned; as, a dummy watch.
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One who is dumb.
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A sham package in a shop, or one which does not contain what its exterior indicates.
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An imitation or copy of something, to be used as a substitute; a model; a lay figure; as, a figure on which clothing is exhibited in shop windows; a blank paper copy used to show the size of the future book, etc.
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One who plays a merely nominal part in any action; a sham character.
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A thick-witted person; a dolt.
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A locomotive with condensing engines, and, hence, without the noise of escaping steam; also, a dummy car.
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The fourth or exposed hand when three persons play at a four-handed game of cards.
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A floating barge connected with a pier.
By Oddity Software
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Silent; mute; noiseless; as a dummy engine.
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Fictitious or sham; feigned; as, a dummy watch.
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One who is dumb.
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A sham package in a shop, or one which does not contain what its exterior indicates.
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An imitation or copy of something, to be used as a substitute; a model; a lay figure; as, a figure on which clothing is exhibited in shop windows; a blank paper copy used to show the size of the future book, etc.
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One who plays a merely nominal part in any action; a sham character.
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A thick-witted person; a dolt.
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A locomotive with condensing engines, and, hence, without the noise of escaping steam; also, a dummy car.
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The fourth or exposed hand when three persons play at a four-handed game of cards.
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A floating barge connected with a pier.
By Noah Webster.
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One who is dumb.
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Sham; counterfeit.
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A silent person or actor; something made to represent something else; a steam motor car.
By James Champlin Fernald
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One who is mute or silent; a sham or make-believe.
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Imitation; noiseless; apparently acting for oneself, but really for another, as, a dummy director.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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One who is dumb: a sham package in a shop: the fourth or exposed hand when three persons play at whist: a locomotive, furnished with condensing engines, and hence without the noise of escaping steam: the name given by firemen to the jets from the mains, or chief water-pipes: a hatter's pressing iron: a person on the stage who appears before the lights, but has nothing to say.
By Daniel Lyons
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(Whist) imaginary fourth player whose hand is turned up& played by partner (d. whist or d., game so played; double d., game with two such hands); person taking no real part, or present only for show, figurehead, mere tool, man of straw; dolt, blockhead; counterfeit object, sham package &c., clothes-block, lay figure, man\'s figure for rifle practice, &c.; (adj.) sham.
By Sir Augustus Henry
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