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['dʌmɪ] 1.1) (model) (anche tailor's dummy) manichino m.2) BE (for baby) ciuccio m., succhiotto m.3) colloq. (stupid person) stupido m. (-a), tonto m. (-a)4) (imitation, object) imitazione f., falso m.5) (in bridge) (player) morto m.2.* * *plural - dummies; noun1) (an artificial substitute looking like the real thing: The packets of cigarettes on display were dummies.) falso, finto2) (a model of a human used for displaying clothes etc: a dressmaker's dummy.) manichino3) (an artificial teat put in a baby's mouth to comfort it.) tettarella* * *dummy (1) /ˈdʌmɪ/n.1 manichino ( da sartoria, ecc.); sagoma d'uomo (al tiro a segno, ecc.); fantoccio: (autom., tecn.) crash-test dummy, manichino per la prova d'urto2 (ingl.) ciuccio, succhiotto3 (fam.) imbecille, tonto4 (tecn.) facsimile7 (tipogr.) menabò9 (ferr. antiq.) locomotiva con condensatore10 ( sport ingl.) finta (di passaggio): to sell (sb.) a dummy, fare una finta di passaggio (a q.: un avversario)● ( a carte) to play dummy, fare il morto.dummy (2) /ˈdʌmɪ/a.1 finto; fittizio: a dummy gun [weapon], una pistola [un'arma] finta (o giocattolo); a dummy company, una società fittizia (o di comodo); dummy name, nome fittizio4 (ling.) pleonastico: dummy subject [pronoun], soggetto [pronome] pleonastico5 (comput., elettron., mat., stat.) fittizio; vuoto: (comput.) dummy instruction, istruzione vuota (o fittizia); (elettron.) dummy load, carico fittizio; (stat.) dummy variable, variabile fittizia (o di comodo)● ( sport) dummy hare, lepre meccanica ( nei cinodromi) □ ( sport) dummy pass, finta di passaggio □ dummy run, simulazione; verifica di funzionamento: The terrorists made a dummy run three weeks before the attack, i terroristi hanno fatto una simulazione tre settimane prima dell'attentato □ (mil.) dummy target, falso bersaglio ( visto da un aereo) □ (leg.) dummy tendering, licitazione con accordi collusivi.* * *['dʌmɪ] 1.1) (model) (anche tailor's dummy) manichino m.2) BE (for baby) ciuccio m., succhiotto m.3) colloq. (stupid person) stupido m. (-a), tonto m. (-a)4) (imitation, object) imitazione f., falso m.5) (in bridge) (player) morto m.2.
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