plural of dummy half

(rugby) The player who receives the ball when it is returned into play behind the teammate who was just tackled.

(sports) To succeed in deceiving an opposing player with a feigned action.

plural of dummy subject

(grammar) A word (in English, it or there) used as the subject of a sentence when the real subject is placed after the main verb, or when the subject is indefinite.

simple past tense and past participle of spit the dummy

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of spit the dummy

present participle of spit the dummy

(informal, humorous) Incapable of being misused even by the stupidest or most careless of users.

(transitive) To render something dummy-proof.