Dummy may refer to:

Dolls

Mannequin A mannequin (also called a dummy, lay figure, or dress form) is a doll, often articulated, used by artists, tailors, dressmakers, window dressers and others, especially to display or fit clothing and show off different fabrics and textiles. Pr ...

, a model of the human body * Dummy (ventriloquism) *

Crash test dummy A crash test dummy, or simply dummy, is a full-scale anthropomorphic test device (ATD) that simulates the dimensions, weight proportions and articulation of the human body during a traffic collision. Dummies are used by researchers, automobi ...

People

* Dummy (nickname), any of several people with the nickname *

Dummy, the Witch of Sible Hedingham Dummy, the Witch of Sible Hedingham ( – 4 September 1863) was the pseudonym of an unidentified elderly man who was one of the last people to be accused of witchcraft in England in the 19th century. He died after being beaten and thrown into a ri ...

(c. 1788–1863), one of the last people to be accused of being a witch in England

Arts and entertainment

Characters

* Dummy (Marvel Comics), from the comic book ''X-Men'' *

Dummy (DC Comics) Dummy is the name of different fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Publication history The original Dummy first appears in ''Leading Comics'' #1 and was created by Mort Weisinger and Mort Meskin. He is not ...

Films

* ''Dummy'' (1979 film), a TV movie starring LeVar Burton and Paul Sorvino * ''Dummy'' (2002 film), a comedy/drama * ''Dummy'', a 2009 coming-of-age drama starring Emma Catherwood * ''Dummy'', a short film by

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* ''The Dummy'' (1917 film), an American silent drama * ''The Dummy'' (1929 film), an American comedy

Music

* ''Dummy'' (album), 1994, by Portishead * "Dummy!", a song by Toby Fox from the soundtrack of the 2015 video game ''Undertale''

Television

* "Dummy" (''Pushing Daisies'' episode) * "

The Dummy "The Dummy" is episode 98 of the American television anthology series ''The Twilight Zone'' starring Cliff Robertson as a ventriloquist. It is not to be confused with a similar episode "Caesar and Me", in which Jackie Cooper plays a ventriloquis ...

", an episode of ''The Twilight Zone'' * ''Dummy'' (TV series), a 2020 web comedy

Other

* Dummy, in

contract bridge Contract bridge, or simply bridge, is a trick-taking card game using a standard 52-card deck. In its basic format, it is played by four players in two competing partnerships, with partners sitting opposite each other around a table. Millions o ...

, the partner of the player who wins the auction, or that player's hand

Linguistics

* Dummy auxiliary, such as ''do'' in some English sentences *

Dummy pronoun A dummy pronoun is a deictic pronoun that fulfills a syntactical requirement without providing a contextually explicit meaning of its referent. As such, it is an example of exophora. Dummy pronouns are used in many Germanic languages, includin ...

, such as ''it'' in the sentence ''it is good to relax''

Military

Dummy round A dummy round or drill round is a round that is completely inert, i.e., contains no primer, propellant, or explosive charge. It is used to check weapon function, and for crew training. Dummy ammunition is distinct from "practice" ammunition, w ...

, a round of ammunition that is completely inert *

Military dummy Dummies and decoys are fake military equipment that are intended to deceive the enemy. Dummies and decoys are only one aspect of military deception. Examples During World War II, dummy airfields and even towns were used in England to divert G ...

, fake military equipment used for deception

Sport

Dummy (football) In association football, rugby league, rugby union and Australian rules football, a dummy or feint is a player deceiving the opposition into believing he is going to pass, shoot, move in a certain direction, or receive the ball and instead doing som ...

, an association football (soccer), rugby league and rugby union ruse *

Dummy pass This list of rugby league terms is a general glossary of the terminology used in the sport of rugby league football. The sport has accrued a considerable amount of jargon to describe aspects of the game. Many terms originate from the Laws of the ...

, in rugby league football

Other uses

Dummy Lake (disambiguation) Dummy Lake or Lac Dummy may refer to the following Canadian lakes: * Dummy Lake, Manitoba, now known as Wargatie Lake * Dummy Lake (Ontario), Kenora District, Ontario * Lac Dummy, Outaouais, Quebec See also * Big Dummy Lake, Barron County, Wis ...

, any of several places * Dummy sheet, a blank sheet folded as a pre-print newspaper test * Dummy, in computing means a placeholder * Dummy variable, in programming is a variable that doesn't contain any useful data, but it does reserve space that a real variable will use later * Dummy variable, another term for

bound variable In mathematics, and in other disciplines involving formal languages, including mathematical logic and computer science, a free variable is a Mathematical notation, notation (symbol) that specifies places in an expression (mathematics), expressi ...

in mathematics *

Dummy variable (statistics) In regression analysis, a dummy variable (also known as indicator variable or just dummy) is one that takes the values 0 or 1 to indicate the absence or presence of some categorical effect that may be expected to shift the outcome. For example, i ...

, another term for binary variable in statistics *

Pacifier A pacifier is a rubber, plastic, or silicone nipple substitute given to an infant to suckle upon between feedings to quiet its distress by satisfying the need to suck when it does not need to eat. Pacifiers normally have three parts: an elongate ...

, called a dummy in some countries *

Steam dummy A steam dummy or dummy engine, in the United States and Canada, was a steam locomotive enclosed in a wooden box structure made to resemble a railroad passenger coach. Steam dummies had some popularity in the first decades of railroading in the U ...

, a steam engine made to resemble a railroad passenger coach