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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dummy \Dum"my\, a. [See {Dumb}.] 1. Silent; mute; noiseless; as a dummy engine. 2. Fictitious or sham; feigned; as a dummy watch. {Dummy car}. See under {Car}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dummy \Dum"my\, n.; pl {Dummies}. 1. One who is dumb. --H. Smith. 2. A sham package in a shop, or one which does not contain what its exterior indicates. 3. 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 4. (Drama) One who plays a merely nominal part in any action a sham character. 5. A thick-witted person; a dolt. [Colloq.] 6. (Railroad) A locomotive with condensing engines, and hence without the noise of escaping steam; also a dummy car 7. (Card Playing) The fourth or exposed hand when three persons play at a four-handed game of cards. 8. A floating barge connected with a pier. --Knight. {To play dummy}, to play the exposed or dummy hand in cards. The partner of the dummy plays it From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dummy adj : having the appearance of being real but lacking capacity to function; "a dummy corporation" n 1: a person who does not talk [syn: {silent person}] 2: an ignorant or foolish person [syn: {dumbbell}, {dope}, {boob}, {booby}, {pinhead}] 3: a figure representing the human form 4: a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet [syn: {blank}, {blank shell}] v : make a dummy of as of books or pages to be published [syn: {dummy up}]
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