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What (who) is dummy up - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Dummies; Dummy (disambiguation); Dummie; Dummy (comics); Dummy (film); Dummy (TV episode); Dummy (TV show); Dummy (episode); Dummy (show); Dummy (TV); The Dummy (film)
dummy up
N. Amer. informal keep quiet.
Dummy (football)
SPORTS TERMINOLOGY
Football feint; Dummy (rugby); Feint (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 something entirely different, thus gaining an advantage.
Dummy
·noun One who is dumb.
II. Dummy ·noun A thick-witted person; a dolt.
III. Dummy ·noun A floating barge connected with a pier.
IV. Dummy ·adj Silent; mute; noiseless; as a dummy engine.
V. Dummy ·adj Fictitious or sham; feigned; as, a dummy watch.
VI. Dummy ·noun One who plays a merely nominal part in any action; a sham character.
VII. Dummy ·noun The fourth or exposed hand when three persons play at a four-handed game of cards.
VIII. Dummy ·noun A sham package in a shop, or one which does not contain what its exterior indicates.
IX. Dummy ·noun A locomotive with condensing engines, and, hence, without the noise of escaping steam; also, a dummy car.
X. Dummy ·noun An imitation or copy of something, to be used as a substitute; a model; a lay figure; as, a figure on which clothing is exhibited in shop windows; a blank paper copy used to show the size of the future book, ·etc.
