Dummy meaning
An example of a dummy is a person who makes the same silly mistake over and over again.
An example of a dummy is a figure used in seat belt testing.
A dummy pocket; a dummy medication in a study.
A dummy corporation.
A dummy variable.
A dummy corporation.
To understand the effects of the accident, we dropped a dummy from the rooftop.
The hammer and drill in the display are dummies.
The pronoun "it" in "It's a mystery why this happened" is a dummy.
If flag1 is false, the other parameters are dummies.
The carpenters dummied some props for the rehearsals.
An example of dummy used as an adjective is in the phrase "dummy trap," which means a fake trap.
Origin of dummy
- From dumb
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From dumb + -y.
From Wiktionary