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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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Dummy — may refer to: Military dummy: dummy round a cartridge that is inert, i.e. contains neither primer nor gunpowder decoy fake military equipment intended to deceive the enemy Crash test dummy, a full scale replica of a human being, weighted and… … Wikipedia
dummy — /ˈdʌmi / (say dumee) noun (plural dummies) 1. an imitation or copy of something, as for display, to indicate appearance, exhibit clothing, etc. 2. Colloquial a stupid person; dolt. 3. someone who has nothing to say or who takes no active part in… …
Dummy (football) — A dummy or feint is an association football (soccer), rugby league and rugby union term used to refer to a particular player deceiving the opposition into believing he is going to pass, shoot or receive the ball and instead doing something… … Wikipedia
Dummy whist — Origin England Players 3 … Wikipedia
dummy — ► NOUN (pl. dummies) 1) a model or replica of a human being. 2) an object designed to resemble and serve as a substitute for the real one. 3) Brit. a rubber or plastic teat for a baby to suck on. 4) (in sport) a feigned pass or kick. 5) informal … English terms dictionary
dummy — noun (plural dummies) 1》 a model or replica of a human being. 2》 an object designed to resemble and serve as a substitute for the real one. ↘Brit. a rubber or plastic teat for a baby to suck on. 3》 (chiefly in rugby and soccer) a feigned pass … English new terms dictionary
dummy — n., adj., & v. n. (pl. ies) 1 a model of a human being, esp.: a a ventriloquist s doll. b a figure used to model clothes in a shop window etc. c a target used for firearms practice. 2 (often attrib.) a a counterfeit object used to replace or… … Useful english dictionary
dummy — dum|my1 [ˈdʌmi] n plural dummies ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(for clothes)¦ 2¦(copy)¦ 3¦(doll)¦ 4¦(sports)¦ 5¦(for babies)¦ 6¦(stupid person)¦ 7¦(card game)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1500 1600; Origin … Dictionary of contemporary English
dummy — dum·my || dÊŒmɪ n. figure shaped like a person on which clothes are displayed; fake, imitation, counterfeit; (British) pacifier; (Slang) fool, stupid person; (Slang) penis adj. fake, imitation; counterfeit v. make a dummy of; fake a pass or… … English contemporary dictionary
dummy scissors — noun An attacking move by two players resembling a scissors move but where the ball carrier only dummies the pass to his team mate … Wiktionary
dummy run — i. Any simulated firing pass in which the weapon is not released both in air to ground and air to air firing. ii. A trial approach to land, to pick up a load, or to release a load … Aviation dictionary