Dictionary Entry
dummy
dummy is a 5-letter English word with 16 senses as adjective, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Silent; mute; noiseless; as a dummy engine. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 16 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Silent; mute; noiseless; as a dummy engine.
- 2adjective
Fictitious or sham; feigned; as, a dummy watch.
- 3noun
One who is dumb.
- 4noun
A sham package in a shop, or one which does not contain what its exterior indicates.
- 5noun
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.
- 6noun
One who plays a merely nominal part in any action; a sham character.
- 7noun
A thick-witted person; a dolt.
- 8noun
A locomotive with condensing engines, and, hence, without the noise of escaping steam; also, a dummy car.
- 9noun
The fourth or exposed hand when three persons play at a four-handed game of cards.
- 10noun
A floating barge connected with a pier.
- 11noun
a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet
Synonyms
- 12noun
a figure representing the human form
- 13noun
an ignorant or foolish person
- 14noun
a person who does not talk
- 15verb
make a dummy of
"dummy up the books that are to be published"
- 16adjective
having the appearance of being real but lacking capacity to function
"a dummy corporation"
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