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dummy
/ˈdʌmi/
noun
A silent person; a person who does not talk.
Similar: dumbie
An unintelligent person.
"Don't be such a dummy!"
Similar: dumbie
A figure of a person or animal used by a ventriloquist; a puppet.
verb
To make a mock-up or prototype version of something, without some or all off its intended functionality.
"The carpenters dummied some props for the rehearsals."
To feint.
Similar: juke
Synonymsjuke
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