dummy up
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English[edit]
Verb[edit]
dummy up (third-person singular simple present dummies up, present participle dummying up, simple past and past participle dummied up)
- To make a mock-up or prototype version of something, without some or all off its intended functionality.
- The carpenters dummied up a set of simple props for the rehearsals.
- (informal, sometimes imperative) To suddenly stop talking; shut up.
- When he couldn't think of any more good lies, he just dummied up.
- Everyone was discussing the new teacher, but when she entered the room they all dummied up.
Translations[edit]
to make a mock-up or prototype version
to suddenly stop talking