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Main Entry:	dummy [duhm-ee] Show IPA/ˈdʌmi/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	mannequin
Synonyms:	copy, counterfeit, duplicate, figure, form, imitation, manikin, model, ringer, sham*, stand-in, sub, substitute
Antonyms:	being, entity

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	bogus
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	counterfeit
Synonyms:	artificial, dummy, ersatz, fake, false, fictitious, forged, fraudulent, imitation, not what it is cracked up to be, phony, pretended, pseudo, sham, simulated, spurious
Antonyms:	authentic, genuine, real

Main Entry:	clod
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	stupid person
Synonyms:	blockhead, boor, chump, clown, dimwit, dolt, dope, dumbbell, dummy*, dunce, fool, imbecile, lame-brain, lout, oaf, simpleton

* = informal/non-formal usage

Example Sentences

Many players have quite the wrong idea about the appropriate behavior for dummy.

T-statistics will reveal the significance of the coefficients on each of the dummy variables.

In response to these chemical and visual signals, the male wasp attempts to mate with the dummy female.

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Many players have quite the wrong idea about the appropriate behavior for dummy.

T-statistics will reveal the significance of the coefficients on each of the dummy variables.

In response to these chemical and visual signals, the male wasp attempts to mate with the dummy female.

Patients who receive dummy pills often show clinical improvement.

Brevity is the sole of wit, as any dummy can tell you.

He shoves and presses and knees and then sets the dummy back down on the floor.

Most players know in theory that as declarer it is wise to take a good look at the dummy before making a move.

Set up a bunch of dummy my-space accounts say how great you are.

Please tell me he had dummy magnets set up that he could beat on.

At the same time, while you watch, he must also tap and stroke the visible dummy in perfect synchrony.

What they weren't told was that the button was a dummy.

Blanchard had also taken detailed measurements of the room and set up a dummy version in a friend's nearby machine shop.

Sure, there's a long tradition of using dummy rifles to drill recruits, particularly in underfunded militaries.

Smoldering mulch embers waft up from a trench and are blown toward the dummy home.

The dummy reversal was complete, but there was no entry to the dummy to remove the last trump.

Usually, a pair of microphones are placed on a dummy head to record what a human would hear.

Berkowitz accurately shifted to the spade eight, which killed the vital dummy entry.

For the test launch, however, a dummy had the honor.

South was alarmed by dummy but gratified by the lead.

These tests consist of firing a dummy missile from a ship or submarine which the test facility then attempts to shoot down.

The diamond eight was led, and ducking in dummy would have succeeded.

Keeping the dressmaker's dummy out of his field of vision, he left the room.

Behind them is a tailor's dummy wearing a wedding gown.

To work the machines, you use a big wooden lever to slide the belt from the dummy pulley to the power pulley.

When the club was led from the dummy he put up the jack and was in control.

He then established diamonds and wound up in dummy by playing the third round of trumps to the king.

About fifteen objects, believed to have been dummy bombs, dropped from an.

Stand next to your plastic dummy and smack his head, chest, or feet to reflect the antics onscreen.

But declarer would have discarded a diamond from dummy and ruffed in her hand.

He then drew three rounds of trump, ending in dummy.

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Main Entry:	counterfeit
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	fake, forgery
Synonyms:	actor, bogus, bum, copy, deceit, deception, dummy, facsimile, fraud, gyp, hoax, humbug, imitation, imposture, junque, phony, pseudo, put-on, reproduction, sell, sham, simulacrum
Antonyms:	real thing, reality

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	design
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	sketch, draft
Synonyms:	architecture, arrangement, blueprint, chart, comp, composition, conception, constitution, construction, delineation, depiction, diagram, doodle, drawing, dummy, form, formation, idea, layout, makeup, map, method, model, outline, paste-up, pattern, perspective, picture, plan, scheme, study, tracery, tracing, treatment

Main Entry:	dumbbell
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	stupid person
Synonyms:	dodo, dolt, dullard, dumbo, dumdum, dummy, dunce, idiot, ignoramus, moron, simpleton
Antonyms:	brain, genius

Main Entry:	half-wit
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	stupid person
Synonyms:	blockhead, born fool, clod, cretin, dimwit, dingbat, dolt, dope, dope, dork, dullard, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, dunderhead, fool, idiot, ignoramus, imbecile, jughead, lamebrain, moron, nitwit, pea brain, pea brain, simpleton, stupid person

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	imbecile
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	very stupid person
Synonyms:	birdbrain, dimwit, dolt, dummy, dunce, fool, idiot, jerk, lamebrain, moron, pinhead, simpleton
Antonyms:	brain

Main Entry:	marionette
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	puppet
Synonyms:	doll, dummy, fantoccini, figurine, manikin, moppet
Notes:	the word puppet originally meant 'doll' and a puppet usually goes on the hand and arm, while a marionette (or string puppet) is a jointed figure with strings or wires

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