dummy
adjective/ˈdʌmi/
/ˈdʌmi/
[only before noun]- made to look real, although it is actually a copy that does not work synonym replica
- a dummy bomb
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDummy is used with these nouns:- bomb
- run
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from dumb + -y. The original sense was ‘a person who cannot speak’, then ‘an imaginary fourth player in whist’ (mid 18th cent.), whence ‘a substitute for the real thing’ and ‘a model of a human being’ (mid 19th cent.).Want to learn more?
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