dummy

Definitions

• (dated) A silent person; a person who does not talk.
• An unintelligent person.
• A figure of a person or animal used by a ventriloquist; a puppet.
• Something constructed with the size and form of a human, to be used in place of a person.
• A person who is the mere tool of another; a man of straw.
• A deliberately nonfunctional device or tool used in place of a functional one.
• (AU) A "dummy teat"; a plastic or rubber teat used to soothe or comfort a baby; a pacifier.
• (card games) A player whose hand is shown and is to be played from by another player.
• (linguistics) A word serving only to make a construction grammatical.
• (programming) An unused parameter or value.
• (sports) A feigned pass or kick or play in order to deceive an opponent.
• (sports) A bodily gesture meant to fool an opposing player; a feint.