dummy whist | a form of whist with three players, four hands are dealt with the hand opposite the dealer being face up |
blank dummy blank shell | a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet |
comforter pacifier baby's dummy teething ring | device used for an infant to suck or bite on |
dummy | a figure representing the human form |
ventriloquist's dummy | a wooden dummy into which a ventriloquist projects the voice |
argumentation logical argument argument line of reasoning line | a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood, the methodical process of logical reasoning, I can't follow your line of reasoning |
argument | a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable, if f(x)y, x is the independent variable |
argument parameter | (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program |
argument literary argument | a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie, the editor added the argument to the poem |
argument statement | a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true, it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true |
specious argument | an argument that appears good at first view but is really fallacious |
argument argumentation debate | a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal, the argument over foreign aid goes on and on |
controversy contention contestation disputation disceptation tilt argument arguing | a contentious speech act, a dispute where there is strong disagreement, they were involved in a violent argument |
dumbbell dummy dope boob booby pinhead | an ignorant or foolish person |
dummy silent person | a person who does not talk |
close up clam up dummy up shut up belt up button up be quiet keep mum | refuse to talk or stop talking, fall silent, The children shut up when their father approached |
dummy dummy up | make a dummy of, dummy up the books that are to be published |
dummy | having the appearance of being real but lacking capacity to function, a dummy corporation |