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Meanings of dummy in English

Russian
фиктивное лицо
Portuguese
festim
Wikidata

Substitute object lacking normal functionality of objects of its class, used for various purposes.

      фиктивное лицо
      Wikidata

      A rubber or plastic nipple that is put into a baby's mouth in order to comfort or quiet.

          Portuguese
          idiota
          Catalan
          tanoca

          An ignorant or foolish person.

                idiota
                Spanish
                hacer un borrador

                Make a dummy of.

                      hacer un borrador
                      Usage of dummy in English
                      1
                      Everyone passed, East made her opening lead, and I tabled the dummy.
                      The cardturner
                      2
                      But the thrill of the game is not in tackling the dummy.
                      Football Days / Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the B...
                      3
                      The dummy is better for showing up the defects in your work.
                      The High School Boys in Summer Camp
                      4
                      The shower being over we returned to the house of the dummy.
                      The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland
                      5
                      It was as good as we had ever done in dummy runs.
                      The Last Ship
                      6
                      Even though they'd been using dummy ammunition, the long weapon frightened him.
                      Before you know kindness
                      7
                      She immediately saw that the dummy wasn't really standing on his own.
                      Night of the Living Dummy
                      8
                      The dummy-chucker carefully brushed the ashes from his cigar upon a tray.
                      The Best Short Stories of 1920, and the Yearbook of the American...
                      9
                      The new dummy wore blue denim jeans and a red-and-green flannel shirt.
                      Night of the Living Dummy
                      10
                      This released the dummy envelopes, and covered up the originals retaining them.
                      The Lock and Key Library: The Most Interesting Stories of All Na...
                      11
                      Savagely the young man pulled off his coat and approached the dummy-chucker.
                      The Best Short Stories of 1920, and the Yearbook of the American...
                      12
                      The practice dummy in the CPR class didn't have ribs to break.
                      Blood rites
                      13
                      Mr. Britling suddenly understood the significance of Wilkins and his dummy gun.
                      Mr. Britling Sees It Through
                      14
                      The dummy itself had been made of old sail canvas and excelsior.
                      The High School Boys in Summer Camp
                      15
                      The dummy still continued to stand there, and you shot at it.
                      The Crime of the French Café and Other Stories
                      16
                      I happened to be dummy, and I went out on the terrace.
                      The Heart of Rachael
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                      Dummy through the time
                      Dummy across language varieties
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                      United States of America
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