dummy Význam & definícia

Význam dummy v slovenčine

• 0 a large model of a human, especially one used to show clothes in a shop:

  • the dummies in the store windows

  • a ventriloquist's dummy

  • UK a shop dummy

• 1 something that is not real and is used for practice or to deceive:

  • The device is not a real bomb but a dummy.

• 2 a smooth rubber or plastic object that is given to a baby to suck in order to comfort it and make it stop crying

• 3 a stupid or silly person:

  • You dummy - you don't know the answer!

  • Only a dummy would ignore the safety warnings.

• 4 not real:

  • an enormous dummy perfume bottle in the shop window

• 5 in games such as football or rugby, to pretend to kick or move a ball in a particular direction but instead do something completely different, in order to deceive the opposing team's players:

  • Adams' cross was dummied by Novo at the front post, allowing Smith to score from close range.

• 6 a large model of a human:

  • They use crash-test dummies in order to improve safety equipment in cars.

• 7 a stupid or silly person:

  • Taxpayers are not dummies, and they are going to know how politicians are trying to fool them.

• 8 not real but having a similar appearance to something else:

  • They set up a dummy corporation to try to hide their identities.

• 9 a large model of a person, especially one used to show clothes in a store:

  • If you want costumes or makeup to look really good, you can put it on a dummy.

• 10 something made to look real, used especially to test people's reaction to it:

  • The display case was filled with test packages and dummies to simulate the presence of food products.

• 11 made to seem real:

  • He created a dummy magazine to show to potential publishers.

  • To meet their monthly targets, salespeople placed dummy orders from friendly customers, cancelling them later.

• 12 used to describe a company that is created in order to hide information, especially about who owns its assets:

  • The agents set up dummy companies, acquire advanced computers, and then they quietly fold and go home, taking their hardware with them.