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Definitions of dummy

noun

1. an ignorant or foolish person
2. a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet
3. a figure representing the human form
4. a person who does not talk

adjective

1. having the appearance of being real but lacking capacity to function

verb

1. make a dummy of

Examples of dummy

1. We stood our ground, revised the dummy a couple of times and appointed a printer.
2. Still, the doctor is not convinced, but he does offer his story of a murderous ventriloquist whose dummy seemed more alive, and violent, than he was.
3. This so-called ‘prop it’ is a dummy subject, serving merely to fill a structural need in English for a subject in a sentence.

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