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Word: dummy
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Meaning:
Noun:
- A deliberately nonfunctional device or tool used in place of a functional one.
- A figure of a person or animal used by a ventriloquist; a puppet.
- An unintelligent person.
- A silent person; a person who does not talk.
- bridge The partner of the winning bidder, who shows his or her hand.
- Australia|NZ|British A pacifier.
- A bodily gesture meant to fool an opposing player in sport; feint.
- linguistics A word serving only to make a construction grammatical.
- programming An unused parameter or value.
- Something constructed with the size and form of a human, to be used in place of a person.
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Verb:
- To make a mock-up or prototype version of something, without some or all off its intended functionality.
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