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| Date: | 1500-1600 |
| Origin: | DUMB1 |
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1 a model that is the shape and size of a person, especially used in order to show clothes in a shop or when you are making clothes : 
a shop-window dummya tailor's dummy
for clothes
a shop-window dummya tailor's dummy2 an object that is made to look like a tool, weapon, vehicle etc but which you cannot use : During practice runs, the warheads in the missiles will be dummies.
copy
During practice runs, the warheads in the missiles will be dummies.3 a small model of a person, with a mouth that can be moved so that it looks as though it is talking, used for entertainment : a ventriloquist's dummy
doll
a ventriloquist's dummy4 a move in a sport such as football in which a player pretends to pass the ball but does not, in order to deceive the other team's players
sports
British English
5 a specially shaped rubber object that you put in a baby's mouth for it to suck [= pacifier American English]
for babies
DHB British English6 someone who is stupid : No, you dummy. The other hand.
stupid person
especially American English informalNo, you dummy. The other hand.7 cards that are placed on the table by one player for all the other players to see in a game of bridge
