Dummy may refer to:

Dolls

Mannequin A mannequin (sometimes spelled as manikin and 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 dif ...

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

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

People

* Dummy (nickname), several people with the nickname * Dummy, the Witch of Sible Hedingham (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)

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 Emma Catherwood (born 7 December 1978) is a Welsh actress and former model best known for her role as Jo in ''My Kingdom'' and for playing Penny Valentine in ''Holby City''. She studied the Meisner technique in London, and has degrees in English ...

* ''Dummy'', a short film by Kira Muratova * ''The Dummy'' (1917 film), an American silent drama * ''The Dummy'' (1929 film), an American comedy

Music

* Dummy (band), a band from Los Angeles * ''Dummy'' (album), 1994, by Portishead * "Dummy", a song by 6ix9ine from the album '' Dummy Boy'' * "Dummy!", a track from the soundtrack of the 2015 video game ''Undertale by Toby Fox'' * "Dummy", a song by Portugal. The Man from the album '' Chris Black Changed My Life'' * "Dummy", a 2023 song by Keung To

Television

* "Dummy" (''Pushing Daisies'' episode) * " The Dummy", 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 game, trick-taking card game using a standard 52-card deck. In its basic format, it is played by four players in two Team game, competing partnerships, with partners sitting opposite each othe ...

, 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, also known as an expletive 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. A dummy pronoun is us ...

, 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 (filling). It is used to check weapon function, and for crew training. Dummy ammunition is distinct from "practice" am ...

, a round of ammunition that is completely inert * Military dummy, 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 so ...

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

Other uses

* Dummy Lake (disambiguation), any of several places * Dummy sheet, a blank sheet folded as a pre-print newspaper test * Dummy variable, another term for

bound variable In mathematics, and in other disciplines involving formal languages, including mathematical logic and computer science, a variable may be said to be either free or bound. Some older books use the terms real variable and apparent variable for f ...

in mathematics *

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

, another term for binary variable in statistics * Pacifier, called a dummy in some countries * Steam dummy, a steam engine made to resemble a railroad passenger coach