dummy
noun
an imitation, representation, or copy of something, such as for display, testing, or use as a stage prop.
dummies
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pluralof dummy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof dummy (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
dummynounan imitation, representation, or copy of something, such as for display, testing, or use as a stage prop.
Example Sentences
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I cannot emphasize enough that we are dummies when it comes to programming.
From Slate ● Apr. 5, 2026
His decades of painstaking research helped lead to a push in the 1990s for the Air Force to come clean on what it had been doing: testing spy balloons and recovering crash dummies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026
For decades, Hiccup’s village of Berk has been looted by sheep-stealing dragons — and the dragons in turn have been captured and used as training dummies for future dragon-killers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2025
On Tuesday, following GM's announcement, Mr Vogt posted on the social media platform X "In case it was unclear before, it is clear now: GM are a bunch of dummies."
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2024
It was evident from the moment he stepped out onto the lawn that something was up, because the dummies had not yet been put out.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
