1. A figure representing the human form
   "The store window displayed the latest fashions on mannequin dummies"
    
2. [Brit] Device used for an infant to suck or bite on
   "The fussy baby calmed down once given her baby's dummy";
   - comforter, pacifier [N. Amer], baby's dummy [Brit], teething ring, soother [Brit, Cdn]
    
3. [informal] An ignorant or foolish person
   "Don't be such a dummy, it's obvious how to solve this problem";
   - dumbbell [informal], dope [informal], boob [informal], booby, pinhead [informal], divvy [Brit, informal], div [Brit, informal], poon [Austral, informal]
    
4. A person who does not talk
   "Despite being a dummy in social settings, he was an eloquent writer";
   - silent person
    
5. A cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet
   "The soldiers used dummy shells during the training exercise";
   - blank, blank shell
    
6. Any distracting or deceptive manoeuvre (as a mock attack)
   "The team's dummy fooled the opposing defenders";
   - feint

1. Having the appearance of being real but lacking capacity to function
   "a dummy corporation"

1. Make a mock-up or prototype version of something
   "dummy up the books that are to be published";
   - dummy up [N. Amer, informal]

Derived forms: dummied, dummies, dummying

See also: artificial, unreal

Type of: cartridge, create, deaf-mute, device, figure, make, maneuver [US], manoeuvre [Brit, Cdn], produce, simple [archaic], simpleton, tactical maneuver [US], tactical manoeuvre [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Dummy, The