Dummy
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Dummy may refer to:
- A crash test dummy, a full-scale replica of a human being, weighted and articulated to simulate the behavior of a human body in an accident.
- A mannequin.
- The figure used by a ventriloquist.
- A steam dummy or dummy engine, a steam engine enclosed in a wooden box to resemble a railroad passenger coach.
- A forgery.
- Fake military weapons, vehicles or buildings, see Military dummies.
- silent person (a person who does not talk)
In language and literature:
- Dummy pronoun.
- A baby's dummy, the British English equivalent word for American English ‘pacifier’ or Canadian English ‘soother’.
- ...For Dummies a publication series of instructional books.
- A slang term for an idiot, derived from "dumb" or stupid.
In sports:
- In the card game contract bridge, the partner of the player who wins the auction.
- Dummy reversal, technique in contact bridge to draw the opponents' remaining trump cards.
- Dummy Hoy, an American center fielder in Major League Baseball.
- Dummy (football), a football (soccer) technique.
In entertainment:
- Crash Test Dummies, a folk-rock band formed in the 1990s.
- Dummy (album), 1994 album by Portishead.
- Dummy (film), the 2002 movie.
- Dummy (band), a band from Chicago, IL.
In programming, mathematics and electronics:
- Dummy code, coding that's not used in the final product, but left in to avoid creating bugs.
- Dummy variable.
- Dummy load, a term in radio frequency electronics.
