Dummy meaning : A silent person; a person who does not talk. An unintelligent person. A figure of a person or animal used by a ventriloquist; a puppet. Something constructed with the size and form of a human, to be used in place of a person. A person who is the mere tool of another; a man of straw. A deliberately nonfunctional device or tool used in place of a functional one. A "dummy teat"; a plastic or rubber teat used to soothe or comfort a baby; a pacifier. A player whose hand is shown and is to be played from by another player. A word serving only to make a construction grammatical. An unused parameter or value. A feigned pass or kick or play in order to deceive an opponent. A bodily gesture meant to fool an opposing player; a feint. To make a mock-up or prototype version of something, without some or all off its intended functionality. To feint.