[{"word":"dummies","phonetic":"/ˈdʌmiz/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˈdʌmiz/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A silent person; a person who does not talk.","synonyms":["dumbie"],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"An unintelligent person.","synonyms":["dumbie"],"antonyms":[],"example":"Don't be such a dummy!"},{"definition":"A figure of a person or animal used by a ventriloquist; a puppet.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Something constructed with the size and form of a human, to be used in place of a person.","synonyms":["mannequin","marionette"],"antonyms":[],"example":"To understand the effects of the accident, we dropped a dummy from the rooftop."},{"definition":"A person who is the mere tool of another; a man of straw.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A deliberately nonfunctional device or tool used in place of a functional one.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The hammer and drill in the display are dummies."},{"definition":"A \"dummy teat\"; a plastic or rubber teat used to soothe or comfort a baby; a pacifier.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The baby wants her dummy."},{"definition":"A player whose hand is shown and is to be played from by another player.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A word serving only to make a construction grammatical.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The pronoun \"it\" in \"It's a mystery why this happened\" is a dummy."},{"definition":"An unused parameter or value.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"If flag1 is false, the other parameters are dummies."},{"definition":"A feigned pass or kick or play in order to deceive an opponent.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A bodily gesture meant to fool an opposing player; a feint.","synonyms":["juke"],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["dumbie","dumbie","juke","mannequin","marionette"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To make a mock-up or prototype version of something, without some or all off its intended functionality.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The carpenters dummied some props for the rehearsals."},{"definition":"To feint.","synonyms":["juke"],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["juke"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dummies","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dummy"]}]