"Dummy" is a word in ENGLISH
One who plays a merely nominal part in any action; a sham
character.
A thick-witted person; a dolt.
A sham package in a shop, or one which does not contain what
its exterior indicates.
A floating barge connected with a pier.
A locomotive with condensing engines, and, hence, without
the noise of escaping steam; also, a dummy car.
Silent; mute; noiseless; as a dummy engine.
The fourth or exposed hand when three persons play at a
four-handed game of cards.
Fictitious or sham; feigned; as, a dummy watch.
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.
One who is dumb.
And no wonder; for the new technique of "subliminal projection," as it was called, was intimately associated with mass entertainment, and in the life of civilized human beings massed entertainment now plays a part comparable to that played in the Middle Ages be religion.
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áloy - A pretended sickness; to feign sickness, pretend to be ill, to malinger, simulate some illness. Aloy lang ináng …
Read the complete definitionSpurious; fictitious; sham; -- a cant term originally applied to counterfeit coin, and hence denoting anything counterfeit.
Read the complete definitionCounterfeit; gaudy but worthless; sham.
Read the complete definitionA kind of swindling game or scheme, by means of cards or by a sham lottery.
Read the complete definitionA trick; sham; imposition.
Read the complete definitiondahílan - Pretext, sham, pretence. Sa dahílan nga ——. Under the pretext of ——. Dinahilán lang níya inâ kag ang …
Read the complete definitionDeceptiveness; a deception; a sham.
Read the complete definitionA peddler or hawker, especially of cheap, flashy articles, as sham jewelry; hence, a sham or cheat.
Read the complete definitionMade by art, in distinction from what is produced by nature; artificial; sham; formed by, or adapted to, an artificial …
Read the complete definitionOne who exposes or destroys impositions or shams; one who attacks cherished beliefs; a radical.
Read the complete definitionináloy - Sham, pretense, imitation, fake, feigned, assumed, simulated; to feign, simulate, a disease, etc. Ináloy gid lang ang íya …
Read the complete definitionkaáloy - Pretence, sham, the feigning of sickness. (áloy; cf. kaaloyán).
Read the complete definitionkuláhaw - Superficial, pretended, sham, not hearty, not open or honest, insincere, dissembling. (cf. pakuláhaw, pasamústra, alakápa).
Read the complete definitionkulirô - Worn out, old, useless, without value, fake, sham, bogus, counterfeit, false (of money). Kulirô nga kwárta. False money, …
Read the complete definitionadj. /(NA-)/ being a humbug, sham, dishonest. v. /AG-/ to be a humbug; to be deceitful, dishonest; to lie
Read the complete definitionmainalóyon, mainaloyón - Feigned, pretended, sham, fake, put on, makebelieve, hypochondriac, pretending, applied to illness as well as to the …
Read the complete definitionImitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed; sham.
Read the complete definitionMock; counterfeit; sham.
Read the complete definitionobispílyo - (Sp. obispillo) A false—, pretended—, sham—, fake—, mock—, bishop.
Read the complete definitionMade of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal.
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