NOUN | person | dummy, silent person | a person who does not talk |
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person | dummy, dumbbell, dope, boob, booby, pinhead | an ignorant or foolish person | |
artifact | dummy | a figure representing the human form | |
artifact | dummy, blank, blank shell | a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet | |
ADJECTIVE | all | dummy | having the appearance of being real but lacking capacity to function |
VERB | creation | dummy, dummy up | make a dummy of |
Sounds | dah'miy | |
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Rhymes | academy ... yummy: 83 rhymes with miy... |
Meaning | Having the appearance of being real but lacking capacity to function. | |
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Example | "a dummy corporation" | |
Broader | artificial, unreal | contrived by art rather than nature |
Spanish | falso, postizo |
Meaning | A person who does not talk. | |
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Synonym | silent person | |
Broader | mute, deaf-mute, deaf-and-dumb person | A deaf person who is unable to speak |
Meaning | An ignorant or foolish person. | |
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Synonyms | dumbbell, dope, boob, booby, pinhead | |
Broader | simpleton, simple | A person lacking intelligence or common sense |
Spanish | bobalicón, bobo, memo, palurdo, tarugo, tonto, zoquete | |
Catalan | babau, beneit, enze, estaquirot, gamarús, pallús, tanoca, tòtil, totxo |
Meaning | A figure representing the human form. | |
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Narrower | lay figure | dummy in the form of an artist's jointed model of the human body |
mannequin, manikin, mannikin, manakin, form | A life-size dummy used to display clothes | |
ventriloquist's dummy | A wooden dummy into which a ventriloquist projects the voice | |
Broader | figure | A model of a bodily form (especially of a person) |
Meaning | A cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet. | |
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Synonyms | blank, blank shell | |
Broader | cartridge | ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet |
Meaning | make a dummy of. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "dummy up the books that are to be published" | |
Synonym | dummy up | |
Broader | produce, make, create | create or manufacture a man-made product |
Spanish | hacer un borrador, maquetar |
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