dummy
1. dum.my \'d*m-e-\ n 1a: one who is incapable of speaking 1b: one who is
habitually silent 1c: one who is stupid 2a: the exposed hand in bridge
played by the declarer in addition to his ow n hand 2b: a bridge player
whose hand is a dummy 3: an imitation, copy, or likeness of something used
as a substitute 4: one seeming to act for himself but in reality acting
for or at the direc tion of another 5: something usu. mechanically operated
that serves to replace or aid a hum an being's work 6: a pattern
arrangement of matter to be reproduced esp. by printing
2. dummy aj 1a: having the appearance of being real but lacking capacity to
function :: ARTIFICIAL 1b: existing in name only : FICTITIOUS 2:
apparently acting for oneself while really acting for or at the directi on
of another {a ~ director}