dummy

dummy
['dʌmɪ] 1.
nome
1) (model) (anche tailor's dummy) manichino m.
2) BE (for baby) ciuccio m., succhiotto m.
3) colloq. (stupid person) stupido m. (-a), tonto m. (-a)
4) (imitation, object) imitazione f., falso m.
5) (in bridge) (player) morto m.
2.
modificatore [furniture, drawer] finto; [document] falso; [bullet] a salve; [bomb] inerte
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plural - dummies; noun
1) (an artificial substitute looking like the real thing: The packets of cigarettes on display were dummies.) falso, finto
2) (a model of a human used for displaying clothes etc: a dressmaker's dummy.) manichino
3) (an artificial teat put in a baby's mouth to comfort it.) tettarella
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dummy (1) /ˈdʌmɪ/
n.
1 manichino (da sartoria, ecc.); sagoma d'uomo (al tiro a segno, ecc.); fantoccio: (autom., tecn.) crash-test dummy, manichino per la prova d'urto
2 (ingl.) ciuccio, succhiotto
3 (fam.) imbecille, tonto
4 (tecn.) facsimile
5 persona (o personaggio) che non parla (anche in un dramma)
6 (nei giochi di carte) morto
7 (tipogr.) menabò
8 bambola di ventriloquo
9 (ferr. antiq.) locomotiva con condensatore
10 (sport ingl.) finta (di passaggio): to sell (sb.) a dummy, fare una finta di passaggio (a q.: un avversario)
● (a carte) to play dummy, fare il morto.
dummy (2) /ˈdʌmɪ/
a.
1 finto; fittizio: a dummy gun [weapon], una pistola [un'arma] finta (o giocattolo); a dummy company, una società fittizia (o di comodo); dummy name, nome fittizio
2 giocato col morto: dummy whist, whist col morto
3 (mil.) inerte: a dummy bomb, una bomba inerte
4 (ling.) pleonastico: dummy subject [pronoun], soggetto [pronome] pleonastico
5 (comput., elettron., mat., stat.) fittizio; vuoto: (comput.) dummy instruction, istruzione vuota (o fittizia); (elettron.) dummy load, carico fittizio; (stat.) dummy variable, variabile fittizia (o di comodo)
● (sport) dummy hare, lepre meccanica (nei cinodromi) □ (sport) dummy pass, finta di passaggio □ dummy run, simulazione; verifica di funzionamento: The terrorists made a dummy run three weeks before the attack, i terroristi hanno fatto una simulazione tre settimane prima dell'attentato □ (mil.) dummy target, falso bersaglio (visto da un aereo) □ (leg.) dummy tendering, licitazione con accordi collusivi.
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['dʌmɪ] 1.
nome
1) (model) (anche tailor's dummy) manichino m.
2) BE (for baby) ciuccio m., succhiotto m.
3) colloq. (stupid person) stupido m. (-a), tonto m. (-a)
4) (imitation, object) imitazione f., falso m.
5) (in bridge) (player) morto m.
2.
modificatore [furniture, drawer] finto; [document] falso; [bullet] a salve; [bomb] inerte

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