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Dumpy

Short and stout; squat.
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Dummy

A model or replica of a human being
A waxwork dummy
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Dumpy

Resembling a dump, as in being messy or shabby
A dumpy apartment building.
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Dummy

An object designed to resemble and serve as a substitute for the real or usual one
A dummy torpedo
Tests using stuffed owls and wooden dummies
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Dumpy

Short and thick; stout or stocky.
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Dummy

(chiefly in rugby and soccer) a feigned pass or kick intended to deceive an opponent.
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Dumpy

Of or relating to a garbage dump; rubbishy.
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Dummy

A stupid person.
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Dumpy

A short, stout person or animal, especially one of a breed of very short-legged chickens.
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Dummy

The declarer's partner, whose cards are exposed on the table after the opening lead and played by the declarer.
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Dumpy

(South Africa) A small bottle of beer.
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Dummy

(chiefly in rugby and soccer) feign a pass or kick in order to deceive an opponent
Blanco dummied past a static defence
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Dumpy

(surveying) dumpy level
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Dummy

Create a mock-up of (a book, document, etc.)
Officials dummied up a set of photos
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Dumpy

Synonym of dump truck.
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Dummy

An imitation of a real or original object, intended to be used as a practical substitute.
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Dumpy

Short and thick; of low stature and disproportionately stout.
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Dummy

A mannequin used in displaying clothes.
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Dumpy

Sullen or discontented. See 2nd dump{1}.
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Dummy

A figure of a person or an animal manipulated by a ventriloquist.
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Dumpy

Short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature;
Some people seem born to be square and chunky
A dumpy little dumpling of a woman
Dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears
A little church with a squat tower
A squatty red smokestack
A stumpy ungainly figure
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Dummy

A stuffed or pasteboard figure used as a target.
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Dumpy

Short and fat
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Dummy

(Football) A heavy stuffed cylindrical bag used for blocking and tackling practice.
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Dummy

A stupid person; a dolt.
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Dummy

A silent or taciturn person.
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Dummy

(Law) A person or entity that is the named party to a transaction but that acts on behalf of another concealed person or entity. Also called nominee, straw person.
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Dummy

A person or an agency secretly in the service of another.
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Dummy

One of a set of model pages with text and illustrations pasted into place to direct the printer. Also called dummy page.
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Dummy

A set of bound blank pages used as a model to show the size and general appearance of a book being published.
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Dummy

The partner in bridge who exposes their hand to be played by the declarer.
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Dummy

The hand thus exposed.
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Dummy

(Computers) A character or other piece of information entered into a computer only to meet prescribed conditions, such as word length, and having no effect on operations.
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Dummy

Simulating or replacing something but lacking its function
A dummy pocket.
A dummy medication in a study.
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Dummy

Serving as a front or cover for another
A dummy corporation.
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Dummy

(Games) Played with a dummy.
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Dummy

(Computers) Entered or provided only to meet prescribed conditions
A dummy variable.
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Dummy

To make a model of (a publication or page).
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Dummy

(dated) A silent person; a person who does not talk.
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Dummy

A stupid person.
Don't be such a dummy!
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Dummy

A figure of a person or animal used by a ventriloquist; a puppet.
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Dummy

Something constructed with the size and form of a human, to be used in place of a person.
To understand the effects of the accident, we dropped a dummy from the rooftop.
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Dummy

A person who is the mere tool of another; a man of straw.
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Dummy

A deliberately nonfunctional device or tool used in place of a functional one.
The hammer and drill in the display are dummies.
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Dummy

A "dummy teat"; a plastic or rubber teat used to soothe or comfort a baby; a pacifier.
The baby wants her dummy.
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Dummy

A player whose hand is shown and is to be played from by another player.
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Dummy

(linguistics) A word serving only to make a construction grammatical.
The pronoun "it" in "It's a mystery why this happened" is a dummy.
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Dummy

(programming) An unused parameter or value.
If flag1 is false, the other parameters are dummies.
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Dummy

A feigned pass or kick or play in order to deceive an opponent.
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Dummy

A bodily gesture meant to fool an opposing player; a feint.
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Dummy

(attributive) A newborn animal that is indifferent to stimulus and does not voluntarily move.
A dummy calf, lamb, or foal
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Dummy

To make a mock-up or prototype version of something, without some or all off its intended functionality.
The carpenters dummied some props for the rehearsals.
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Dummy

(sports) To feint.
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Dummy

(slang) Extremely.
It's dummy hot outside.
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Dummy

Silent; mute; noiseless; as a dummy engine.
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Dummy

Fictitious or sham; feigned; as, a dummy watch.
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Dummy

One who is dumb.
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Dummy

A sham package in a shop, or one which does not contain what its exterior indicates.
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Dummy

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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Dummy

One who plays a merely nominal part in any action; a sham character.
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Dummy

A thick-witted person; a dolt.
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Dummy

A locomotive with condensing engines, and, hence, without the noise of escaping steam; also, a dummy car.
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Dummy

The fourth or exposed hand when three persons play at a four-handed game of cards.
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Dummy

A floating barge connected with a pier.
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Dummy

A person who does not talk
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Dummy

An ignorant or foolish person
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Dummy

A figure representing the human form
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Dummy

A cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet
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Dummy

Make a dummy of;
Dummy up the books that are to be published
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Dummy

Having the appearance of being real but lacking capacity to function;
A dummy corporation
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