Defenition of the word dummy

• Defenition of the word dummy

  • A rubber or plastic nipple that is put into a baby's mouth in order to comfort or quiet.
  • A person, especially a large male, who is clumsy or a simpleton; an idiot.
  • a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet
  • an ignorant or foolish person
  • having the appearance of being real but lacking capacity to function; "a dummy corporation"
  • a figure representing the human form
  • make a dummy of; as of books or pages to be published
  • a person who does not talk
  • make a dummy of; "dummy up the books that are to be published"
  • make a dummy of
  • having the appearance of being real but lacking capacity to function

Synonyms for the word dummy

• • blank
  • blank shell
  • boob
  • booby
  • dope
  • dumbbell
  • dummy up
  • pinhead
  • silent person

Similar words in the dummy

• • artificial
  • unreal

Hyponyms for the word dummy

• • form
  • lay figure
  • manakin
  • manikin
  • mannequin
  • mannikin
  • ventriloquist's dummy

Hypernyms for the word dummy

• • cartridge
  • create
  • deaf-and-dumb person
  • deaf-mute
  • figure
  • make
  • mute
  • produce
  • simple
  • simpleton

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