English-Thai Dictionary
dummy
N คนโง่ fool imbecile idiot genius sage kon-ngo
dummy
N หุ่นจำลอง ของ ที่ ทำ เลียนแบบ ของจริง stooge pupet hun-jam-long
dummy
SL คนโง่ คนบ้าๆ บอๆ kon-ngo
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
DUMMY
Dum "my, a. Etym: [See Dumb. ]
1. Silent; mute; noiseless; as a dummy engine.
2. Fictitious or sham; feigned; as, a dummy watch. Dummy car. See under Car.
DUMMY
Dum "my, n.; pl. Dummies (.
1. One who is dumb. H. Smith.
2. A sham package in a shop, or one which does not contain what its exterior indicates.
3. An imitation or copy of something, to be used as a substitute; a model; a lay figure; as, a figure on which clothing is exhibited in shop windows; a blank paper copy used to show the size of the future book, etc.
4. (Drama )
Defn: One who plays a merely nominal part in any action; a sham character.
5. A thick-witted person; a dolt. [Colloq. ]
6. (Railroad )
Defn: A locomotive with condensing engines, and, hence, without the noise of escaping steam; also, a dummy car.
7. (Card Playing )
Defn: The fourth or exposed hand when three persons play at a four- handed game of cards.
8. A floating barge connected with a pier. Knight. To play dummy, to play the exposed or dummy hand in cards. The partner of the dummy plays it.
New American Oxford Dictionary
dummy
dum my |ˈdəmē ˈdəmi | ▶noun ( pl. dummies ) 1 a model or replica of a human being: a waxwork dummy. • a figure used for displaying or fitting clothes: a tailor's dummy. • a ventriloquist's doll. • Bridge the declarer's partner, whose cards are exposed on the table after the opening lead and played by the declarer. • Bridge the exposed hand of the declarer's partner. • an imaginary fourth player in whist: [ as modifier ] : dummy whist. 2 something designed to resemble and serve as a substitute for the real or usual thing; a counterfeit or sham: tests using stuffed owls and wooden dummies | [ as modifier ] : a dummy torpedo. dummy invoices and a dummy corporation, designed to underprice products. • a prototype or mock-up, esp. of a book or the layout of a page. • a blank round of ammunition. • [ as modifier ] Grammar denoting a word that has no semantic content but is used to maintain grammatical structure. a dummy subject, as in “it is ” or “there are. ” 3 informal a stupid person. ▶verb ( dummies, dummying, dummied ) [ with obj. ] create a prototype or mock-up of a book or page: officials dummied up a set of photos. PHRASAL VERBS dummy up informal keep quiet; give no information. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from dumb + -y 1. 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 ).
dummy cord
dum my cord ▶noun a cord or strap that secures an object (such as a weapon ) to one's person. ▶verb [ with obj. ] secure an object with such a cord: he'll show you how to dummy cord your knife.
dummy head
dum my head ▶noun Electronics a model of a human head with a microphone in each ear, used in making binaural and other sound-recording techniques.
dummy run
dummy run ▶noun Brit. a practice or trial.
Oxford Dictionary
dummy
dummy |ˈdʌmi | ▶noun ( pl. dummies ) 1 a model or replica of a human being: a waxwork dummy. • a figure used for displaying or fitting clothes: a tailor's dummy. • a ventriloquist's doll. 2 an object designed to resemble and serve as a substitute for the real or usual one: tests using stuffed owls and wooden dummies | [ as modifier ] : a dummy torpedo. • Brit. a rubber or plastic teat for a baby to suck on. • a prototype or mock-up, especially of a book or the layout of a page. • a blank round of ammunition. • [ as modifier ] Grammar denoting a word that has no semantic content but is used to maintain grammatical structure: a dummy subject as in ‘it is ’ or ‘there are ’. 3 (chiefly in rugby and soccer ) a feigned pass or kick intended to deceive an opponent. 4 informal, chiefly N. Amer. a stupid person. 5 Bridge the declarer's partner, whose cards are exposed on the table after the opening lead and played by the declarer. • Bridge the exposed hand of the declarer's partner. • an imaginary fourth player in whist: [ as modifier ] : dummy whist. ▶verb ( dummies, dummying, dummied ) [ no obj. ] (chiefly in rugby and soccer ) feign a pass or kick in order to deceive an opponent: Blanco dummied past a static defence. PHRASES sell someone a dummy (chiefly in rugby and soccer ) deceive an opponent by feigning a pass or kick. PHRASAL VERBS dummy up N. Amer. informal keep quiet; give no information. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from dumb + -y 1. 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. ).
dummy cord
dum my cord ▶noun a cord or strap that secures an object (such as a weapon ) to one's person. ▶verb [ with obj. ] secure an object with such a cord: he'll show you how to dummy cord your knife.
dummy head
dum my head ▶noun Electronics a model of a human head with a microphone in each ear, used in making binaural and other sound-recording techniques.
dummy run
dummy run ▶noun Brit. a practice or trial.
American Oxford Thesaurus
dummy
dummy noun 1 a store-window dummy: mannequin, model, figure. 2 the book is just a dummy: mock-up, imitation, likeness, look-alike, representation, substitute, sample; replica, reproduction; counterfeit, sham, fake, forgery; informal dupe. 3 informal you're a dummy. See idiot. ▶adjective a dummy attack on the airfield: simulated, feigned, pretended, practice, trial, mock, make-believe; informal pretend, phony, virtual. ANTONYMS real.
Oxford Thesaurus
dummy
dummy noun 1 a shop-window dummy dressed in a military uniform: mannequin, manikin, lifelike model, figure, lay figure. 2 the book is just a dummy: mock-up, imitation, likeness, lookalike, representation, substitute, sample, copy, replica, reproduction; counterfeit, sham, fake, forgery; informal dupe. 3 informal if you still don't get it, you're a dummy. See idiot. ▶adjective we were to mount a dummy attack on the airfield | a dummy bomb: simulated, feigned, pretended, practice, trial, mock, make-believe; fake, artificial, false, bogus, sham, imitation, reproduction, replica; informal pretend, phoney. ANTONYMS real.
Duden Dictionary
Dummy
Dum my Substantiv, maskulin oder Substantiv, Neutrum , der oder das |ˈdami |der Dummy; Genitiv: des Dummys, Plural: die Dummys englisch dummy, zu: dumb = stumm 1 lebensgroße, bei Unfalltests in Kraftfahrzeugen verwendete [Kunst ]stoffpuppe 2 auch: das Dummy Attrappe, Probeexemplar
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
dummy
dum my /dʌ́mi /名詞 複 -mies C 1 模造品, 偽物 (fake, false ).2 (衣服の展示用 )人台, マネキン人形 ; (砲弾テスト フットボール練習用の )人形 ▸ a ventriloquist ('s ) dummy 腹話術師の人形 .3 ｟英 ｠(赤ちゃんに吸わせる )ゴム乳首, おしゃぶり (｟米 ｠pacifier ).4 ｟主に米 /くだけて ｠ばか, まぬけ (numbskull ).5 (他人の意志のままに動く )操り人形, 傀儡 （かいらい ）, ロボット .6 〘トランプ 〙ダミー (dummy hand ) 〘ブリッジで1人のプレイヤーがほかのすべてのプレイヤーに見えるようにテーブルに並べたカード 〙.s è ll the [a ] d ú mmy ｟くだけて ｠〘ラグビー サッカー 〙ダミーパスをする .形容詞 〖しばしば 名詞 の前で 〗1 模造の, 偽の ▸ a dummy pill 偽薬 2 名ばかりの, 見せかけだけの ▸ a dummy company 架空の会社, トンネル会社 動詞 -mies ; -mied ; ～ing 自動詞 ｟米俗 ｠黙りこくる, 物を言わない (up ).
The Wordsmith Dictionary