dummy
/ˈdʌmi/ verb C2- To make a mock-up or prototype version of something, without all of the intended functionality. · The carpenters dummied some props for the rehearsals.
- To feint.
He/she/it dummies · Past dummied · Past participle dummied · -ing form dummying
Verb forms
- Base form
- dummy
- He/she/it
- dummies
- Past
- dummied
- Past participle
- dummied
- -ing form
- dummying
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
“Am I such a farcical bungler, Watson, that I should erect an obvious dummy, and expect that some of the sharpest men in Europe would be deceived by it?
Hudson, who beamed upon us both as we entered—the other, the strange dummy which had played so important a part in the evening’s adventures.
“Why, it’s a dummy,” said he.
“They seem to have been of a most interesting character—dummy bell-ropes, and ventilators which do not ventilate.
Other matches
Learn dummy in real texts
With a free account, hover any word in the library for its meaning, hear it read aloud, save words for review timed to your memory, and see how much of each book you already know.