What the heck is a dummy!?

Question

Of course I feel like the dummy for asking this, but I see Q's about them here all the time and I have no idea what the heck it is! Please, no rude comments about me being stupid, It's just I don't know what it is, have an 8 month old, obviously never used or had the need to or Id know what the h e l l it is!!

Answer 1

a soother, pacifier, sucky etc. there are a million things to call it, in our house it is a sucky though.

Answer 2

It's a pacifier :)

Answer 3

1.a representation or copy of something, as for displaying to indicate appearance: a display of lipstick dummies made of colored plastic.

2.a representation of a human figure, as for displaying clothes in store windows.

3.Informal. a stupid person; dolt.

4.a person who has nothing to say or who takes no active part in affairs.

5.one put forward to act for others while ostensibly acting for oneself.

6.Slang.

a.Offensive. a person who lacks the power of speech.

b.a person who is characteristically and habitually silent.

7.Bridge.

a.the declarer's partner, whose hand is exposed and played by the declarer.

b.the hand of cards so exposed.

c.a game so played.

d.an imaginary player represented by an exposed hand that is played by and serves as partner to one of the players.

8.British. pacifier (def. 2).

9.Printing. sheets folded and made up to show the size, shape, form, sequence, and general style of a contemplated piece of printing.

10.a rammer for pushing out dents in lead pipe.

11.Computers. an artificial address, instruction, or other datum fed into a computer only to fulfill prescribed conditions and not affecting operations for solving problems.

12.Military. a nonexplosive bomb used for practice exercises.

13.Dentistry. pontic.

–adjective

14.noting or pertaining to an imitation, representation, or copy.

15.counterfeit; sham; fictitious.

16.put forward to act for others while ostensibly acting for oneself.

17.Cards. played with a dummy.

–verb (used with object)

18.Printing. to prepare a dummy of (often fol. by up): The designer dummied up the book so that they could study the format.

19.to represent in a dummy (often fol. by in): to dummy in an illustration.

—Verb phrase

20.dummy up, Informal. to keep silent; refuse to answer: If anybody asks you, just dummy up.

OR A PACIFIER/ BINKY

Is my answer really wrong? :(

Answer 4

I am so glad you asked that question, because I was wondering the same thing!  HAHA

Answer 5

Its a Passy!

I HATE when people call it a "Dummy", thats not the proper name. If it were they would put "Dummy" on the package instead of Pacifer! LOL...

Answer 6

you know that little plastic thing that they suck on you may call it a paci or pacifier or binkie but i call it a dummy

Answer 7

whats the question?.......

Answer 8

I'm so glad you asked...I had no idea either!  

Answer 9

it would be interesting to gather all the different names for them.  My mother calls it a dummy but my husband calls it a pippy which I've now picked up too.  Why don't we all just call them by their real names.  Pacifiers, or soothers....  I guess all the other names do sound cuter:)

Answer 10

a pacifier  

Answer 11

A pacifier.

Answer 12

Don't worry, I had no idea either =) its a bink, nuk, or pacifier in our household

Answer 13

It's a pacifier or a soother. :)

Answer 14

LOL, its a pacifier. Us aussies call them dummies.