Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - dummy
Dummy
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 resemble a real or normal one. b a prototype, esp. in publishing. 3 colloq. a stupid person. 4 a person taking no significant part; a figurehead. 5 Brit. a rubber or plastic teat for a baby to suck on. 6 an imaginary fourth player at whist, whose hand is turned up and played by a partner. 7 Bridge a the partner of the declarer, whose cards are exposed after the first lead. b this player's hand. 8 Mil. a blank round of ammunition. 9 colloq. a dumb person. --adj. sham; counterfeit. --v.intr. (-ies, -ied) Football make a pretended pass or swerve etc. Phrases and idioms dummy run 1 a practice attack, etc.; a trial run. 2 a rehearsal. dummy up US sl. keep quiet; give no information. sell the (or a) dummy Rugby Football colloq. deceive (an opponent) by pretending to pass the ball. Etymology: DUMB + -Y(2)
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I. noun (plural dummies) Etymology: 1dumb + 4-y Date: 1598 1. a person who is incapable of speaking, a person who is habitually silent, a stupid person, 2. the exposed hand in bridge played by the declarer in addition to his own hand, a bridge player whose hand is a ~, an imitation, copy, or likeness of something used as a substitute: as, mannequin, a stuffed figure or cylindrical bag used by football players for tackling and blocking practice, a large puppet usually having movable features (as mouth and arms) manipulated by a ventriloquist, pacifier 2, one seeming to act independently but in reality controlled by another, 5. a mock-up of a proposed publication (as a book or magazine), a set of pages (as for a newspaper or magazine) with the position of text and artwork indicated for the printer, II. adjective Date: 1846 1. having the appearance of being real ; artificial , existing in name only ; fictitious , apparently acting for oneself while really acting for or at the direction of another , III. transitive verb (dummied; ~ing) Date: circa 1928 to make a ~ of (as a publication) ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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