āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
01
āĻĄāĻžāĻŽāĻŋ, āĻ¸āĻŋāĻŽā§āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ°
a model of a human figure used for display or practice
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The special effects team created a dummy that looked exactly like the lead actor.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻˇ āĻāĻĢā§āĻā§āĻāĻ¸ āĻāĻŋāĻŽ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĄāĻžāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¯āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻ
āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻŽā§āĻ°ā§āĻ, āĻŦā§āĻāĻž
a person who acts in a foolish or naive way
Offensive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She was called a dummy after making an obvious mistake.
03
āĻĄāĻžāĻŽāĻŋ, āĻ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ
a round of ammunition without an explosive charge, used for training or practice
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The instructor demonstrated the safety procedure using a dummy.
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĄāĻžāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°āĻžāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻĒāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
04
āĻŽā§āĻ, āĻŽā§āĻ°ā§āĻ
a person who is unable to speak, often used in a derogatory or outdated context
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He was referred to as a dummy because of his inability to communicate verbally.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻŽā§āĻāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ¯ā§āĻāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻ
āĻā§āĻˇāĻŽāĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§ āĻā§āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž āĻšāĻ¤āĨ¤
05
āĻĄāĻžāĻŽāĻŋ, āĻ¨ā§āĻ°āĻŦ āĻ āĻāĻļā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ°
the partner of the declarer in a bridge game, whose hand is displayed face-up on the table for all players to see after the opening lead
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
As the declarer 's partner, the dummy can only watch as the declarer plays their hand.
āĻĄāĻŋāĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻ
āĻāĻļā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ° āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸āĻžāĻŦā§, āĻĄāĻžāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ āĻĄāĻŋāĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻšāĻžāĻ¤ āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She could n't find her baby 's favorite dummy, so she was a bit upset.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻļāĻŋāĻļā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĄāĻžāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āĻāĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻž, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
07
āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ, āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ°āĻŖāĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ
a word or phrase that has no real meaning but serves a grammatical function, often used as a placeholder
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
" It " in " It is raining " is a dummy subject.
"It is raining"-āĻ "It" āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻāĻ˛ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
08
āĻĄāĻžāĻŽāĻŋ, āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻāĻĒ
a mock-up or prototype of a book or page layout used in printing to preview design and structure
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
They reviewed the dummy before starting the production.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻ¨ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻā§ āĻĄāĻžāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
09
āĻāĻžāĻāĻĄāĻŧ, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻž
a deceptive move used in sport to mislead an opponent
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He performed a clever dummy to make the defender miss.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĄāĻŋāĻĢā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāĻ°āĻā§ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻĄāĻžāĻŽāĻŋ performed.
to dummy
01
āĻŽāĻ-āĻāĻĒ āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻāĻĒ āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to create a mock-up or prototype of something, especially for publication or presentation
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
They dummied the document to visualize the layout before printing.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻā§ āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĄāĻā§āĻŽā§āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĄāĻžāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
dummy
01
āĻ¨āĻāĻ˛, āĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻ¤
not real or functional, often used as a substitute or imitation
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The dummy phone on display in the store was a non-working model, meant to showcase the design of the real product.
āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻĄāĻžāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĢā§āĻ¨āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ
āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻĄā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻ¸āĻ˛ āĻĒāĻŖā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ° āĻĄāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
