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dummies up

dummies up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dummy up.

Meaning of dummy up

Verb

dummy up (third-person singular simple present dummies up, present participle dummying up, simple past and past participle dummied up)

  1. To make a mock-up or prototype version of something, without some or all off its intended functionality.
    • The carpenters dummied up a set of simple props for the rehearsals.
  2. To make a fake version of something; to make a counterfeit.
  3. (imperative, informal, sometimes) To suddenly stop talking; shut up; to keep a secret; to refuse to talk.
    • When he couldn't think of any more good lies, he just dummied up.

Questions about dummies up

What is dummies up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Dummies up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dummy up.

Words near dummies up in the dictionary

  1. dummied
  2. dummied out
  3. dummied up
  4. dummies
  5. dummies out
  6. dummies up
  7. dummified
  8. dummifies
  9. dummify
  10. dummifying
  11. dumminess

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dummies up (page history and authors); dummy up (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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