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dumby

dumby is the alternative form of dummy.

dumby is the archaic form of dummy.

Meaning of dummy

Noun

dummy (plural dummies)

  1. (dated) A silent person; a person who does not talk.
    • The man's name […] was engraved in the centre, and beneath this, written in ink with the same elaborate precision as the engraving, there was a brief message.
      I am a deaf-mute, but I read the lips and understand what is said to me. Please do not shout.
      […] Singer looked very carefully at his lips...1940, Carson McCullers, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
    Synonyms:
    dumby
  2. A stupid person.
    • Don't be such a dummy!
    Synonyms:
    dumby, dumdum
  3. (slang, African-American Vernacular, Baltimore) A term of address.
    • Hey dummy, what's good wit chu?
    Synonyms:
    dude, bro
  4. A figure of a person or animal used by a ventriloquist; a puppet.
  5. Something constructed with the size and form of a human, to be used in place of a person.
    • To understand the effects of the accident, we dropped a dummy from the rooftop.
  6. A person who is the mere tool of another; a man of straw.

See all 18 meanings of dummy

Forms of dumby

pluraldumbies

Questions about dumby

What is dumby the alternative form of?
Dumby is the alternative form of dummy.

Words near dumby in the dictionary

  1. Dumbuck
  2. Dumbudgery
  3. dumbwaiter
  4. dumbwaiters
  5. dumbwalking
  6. dumby
  7. Dumbya
  8. dumdum
  9. Dumdum fever
  10. dumdums
  11. dumetorine

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