Dummy vs. Marionette

Dummynoun

A silent person; a person who does not talk.

Dummynoun

An unintelligent person.

Dummynoun

A figure of a person or animal used by a ventriloquist; a puppet.

Dummynoun

Something constructed with the size and form of a human, to be used in place of a person.

Dummynoun

A deliberately nonfunctional device or tool used in place of a functional one.

Dummynoun

A "dummy teat"; a plastic or rubber teat used to soothe or comfort a baby; a pacifier.

Dummynoun

A player whose hand is shown and is to be played from by another player.

Dummynoun

(UK) A bodily gesture meant to fool an opposing player in sport; a feint.

Dummynoun

(linguistics) A word serving only to make a construction grammatical.

Dummynoun

(programming) An unused parameter or value.

Dummynoun

(chiefly in rugby and soccer) a feigned pass or kick or play in order to deceive an opponent.

Dummyverb

To make a mock-up or prototype version of something, without some or all off its intended functionality.

Dummyverb

To feint

Dummyadjective

Silent; mute; noiseless; as a dummy engine.

Dummyadjective

Fictitious or sham; feigned; as, a dummy watch.

Dummynoun

One who is dumb.

Dummynoun

A sham package in a shop, or one which does not contain what its exterior indicates.

Dummynoun

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.

Dummynoun

One who plays a merely nominal part in any action; a sham character.

Dummynoun

A thick-witted person; a dolt.

Dummynoun

A locomotive with condensing engines, and, hence, without the noise of escaping steam; also, a dummy car.

Dummynoun

The fourth or exposed hand when three persons play at a four-handed game of cards.

Dummynoun

A floating barge connected with a pier.

Dummynoun

a person who does not talk

Dummynoun

an ignorant or foolish person

Dummynoun

a figure representing the human form

Dummynoun

a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet

Dummyverb

make a dummy of;

Dummyadjective

having the appearance of being real but lacking capacity to function;

Dummynoun

a model or replica of a human being

Dummynoun

a figure used for displaying or fitting clothes

Dummynoun

a ventriloquist's doll.

Dummynoun

an object designed to resemble and serve as a substitute for the real or usual one

Dummynoun

a rubber or plastic teat for a baby to suck on.

Dummynoun

a prototype or mock-up, especially of a book or the layout of a page.

Dummynoun

a blank round of ammunition.

Dummynoun

denoting a word that has no semantic content but is used to maintain grammatical structure

Dummynoun

(chiefly in rugby and soccer) a feigned pass or kick intended to deceive an opponent.

Dummynoun

a stupid person.

Dummynoun

the declarer's partner, whose cards are exposed on the table after the opening lead and played by the declarer.

Dummynoun

the exposed hand of the declarer's partner.

Dummynoun

an imaginary fourth player in whist

Dummyverb

(chiefly in rugby and soccer) feign a pass or kick in order to deceive an opponent

Dummyverb

create a mock-up of (a book, document, etc.)

Marionettenoun

A puppet, usually made of wood, which is animated by the pulling of strings.

Marionettenoun

The buffel duck.

Marionetteverb

(transitive) To control (somebody) as if they were a puppet; to manipulate.

Marionettenoun

A puppet moved by strings, as in a puppet show.

Marionettenoun

The buffel duck.

Marionettenoun

a small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer

Marionette

A marionette (; French: marionnette, [ma.ʁjɔ.nɛt]) is a puppet controlled from above using wires or strings depending on regional variations. A marionette's puppeteer is called a marionettist.