dummy

1. (dated)A silent person; a person who does not talk.

   молчу́нmolčún, молчу́ньяmolčúnʹja

   a person who does not talk

2. A stupid person.

   Don't be such a dummy!

   дура́кdurák, глупе́цglupéc, ду́реньdúrenʹ

   an ignorant or foolish person

3. (slang)A term of address.

   Hey dummy, what's good wit chu?

4. A figure of a person or animal used by a ventriloquist; a puppet.

   Puppe

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.

   lebensgroße Puppe, Dummy

   манеке́нmanekén, ку́клаkúkla, чу́челоčúčelo

   a figure representing the human form

6. A person who is the mere tool of another; a man of straw.

7. A deliberately nonfunctional device or tool used in place of a functional one.

   The hammer and drill in the display are dummies.

   Attrappe

   маке́тmakét, бутафо́рияbutafórija

8. (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK)A pacifier; a plastic or rubber teat used to soothe or comfort a baby.

   The baby wants her dummy.

9. A player whose hand is shown and is to be played from by another player.

10. A word serving only to make a construction grammatical.

    The pronoun "it" in "It's a mystery why this happened" is a dummy.

11. An unused parameter or value.

    If flag1 is false, the other parameters are dummies.

12. A feigned pass or kick or play in order to deceive an opponent.

    финтfint

1. Tom is a dummy.

   Том — бовдур. — deniko

   ruТом болван. — odexed

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2. Tom is no dummy.

   Том не дурень. — shanghainese

   ruТом не болван. — snailp4el

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3. My son doesn't want to give up his dummy.

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4. I'm no dummy.

   ruЯ не тупица. — sharptoothed

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5. What a dummy you are!

   deWas bist du doch für ein Dummkopf! — Waldelfe

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