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DUMMY
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Irregular inflected form: dummied
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet
Synonyms:
blank; blank shell; dummy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("dummy" is a kind of...):
cartridge (ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A figure representing the human form
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("dummy" is a kind of...):
figure (a model of a bodily form (especially of a person))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dummy"):
lay figure (dummy in the form of an artist's jointed model of the human body)
form; manakin; manikin; mannequin; mannikin (a life-size dummy used to display clothes)
ventriloquist's dummy (a wooden dummy into which a ventriloquist projects the voice)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An ignorant or foolish person
Synonyms:
boob; booby; dope; dumbbell; dummy; pinhead
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("dummy" is a kind of...):
simple; simpleton (a person lacking intelligence or common sense)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A person who does not talk
Synonyms:
dummy; silent person
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("dummy" is a kind of...):
deaf-and-dumb person; deaf-mute; mute (a deaf person who is unable to speak)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having the appearance of being real but lacking capacity to function
Example:
a dummy corporation
Classified under:
Similar:
artificial; unreal (contrived by art rather than nature)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make a dummy of
Example:
dummy up the books that are to be published
Synonyms:
dummy; dummy up
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "dummy" is one way to...):
create; make; produce (create or manufacture a man-made product)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
