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ALL meanings of dummy up

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  • noun plural dummy up a representation or copy of something, as for displaying to indicate appearance: a display of lipstick dummies made of colored plastic. 1
  • noun plural dummy up a representation of a human figure, as for displaying clothes in store windows. 1
  • noun plural dummy up Informal. a stupid person; dolt. 1
  • noun plural dummy up a person who has nothing to say or who takes no active part in affairs. 1
  • noun plural dummy up one put forward to act for others while ostensibly acting for oneself. 1
  • noun plural dummy up Slang. Older Use: Offensive. a person who lacks the power of speech. a person who is characteristically and habitually silent. 1
  • noun plural dummy up Bridge. the declarer's partner, whose hand is exposed and played by the declarer. the hand of cards so exposed. a game so played. an imaginary player represented by an exposed hand that is played by and serves as partner to one of the players. 1
  • noun plural dummy up British. pacifier (def 2). 1
  • noun plural dummy up Printing. sheets folded and made up to show the size, shape, form, sequence, and general style of a contemplated piece of printing. 1
  • noun plural dummy up a rammer for pushing out dents in lead pipe. 1
  • noun plural dummy up Computers. an artificial address, instruction, or other datum fed into a computer only to fulfill prescribed conditions and not affecting operations for solving problems. 1
  • noun plural dummy up Military. a nonexplosive bomb used for practice exercises. 1
  • noun plural dummy up Dentistry. pontic. 1
  • adjective dummy up noting or pertaining to an imitation, representation, or copy. 1
  • adjective dummy up counterfeit; sham; fictitious. 1
  • adjective dummy up put forward to act for others while ostensibly acting for oneself. 1
  • adjective dummy up Cards. played with a dummy. 1
  • verb with object dummy up Printing. to prepare a dummy of (often followed by up): The designer dummied up the book so that they could study the format. 1
  • verb with object dummy up to represent in a dummy (often followed by in): to dummy in an illustration. 1
  • noun dummy up See dumb.   1
  • verb dummy up To make a mock-up or prototype version of something, without some or all off its intended functionality. 0
  • verb dummy up (Informal) To suddenly stop talking. 0
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