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Colloq dim-wit, US thimble-wit: They're such dummies they don't
know that you're joking. 4 US pacifier: Give the baby the
dummy to suck.
dump v. 1 unload, offload, empty, drop, deposit, throw or fling
down, tip: They dumped the topsoil all over the path. 2 get
rid of, throw away, scrap, discard, ditch, jettison, dispose of,
reject, tip, toss out or away, Colloq junk, chuck out or away:
We dumped all the food when the fridge broke down.
--n. 3 junk-yard, rubbish heap or Brit tip, US garbage dump:
You'll have to take this garden refuse to the dump.
dumpy adj. stocky, pudgy, squat, chunky, chubby, tubby, stout, plump,
portly, fat: No one with a dumpy figure looks good in shorts.
dun v. press, importune, solicit, plague, nag, pester, Slang US
bug: The gas company has been dunning me to pay the bill.
dung n. manure, muck, droppings, cow-pats, fertilizer, guano,
excrement, faeces or US feces, US cow or buffalo-chips,
horse-apples, Taboo shit: The dung is spread on the fields.
dungeon n. donjon, keep, cell, prison, lock-up, oubliette, black hole,
stronghold: Throw the infidels into the dungeon and give them
twenty lashes!
dupe n. 1 fool, gull, victim, fair game, Colloq chump, Chiefly US
and Canadian fall guy; Slang sucker, sap, boob, pushover,
pigeon, mark, Brit mug, Chiefly US and Canadian patsy:
Swindlers often choose tourists as likely dupes. 2 cat's-paw,
pawn, tool, puppet, Slang stooge: I'm not going to be the dupe
in your little game!
--v. 3 deceive, fool, outwit, cheat, trick, take in, defraud,
humbug, hoax, swindle, hoodwink, bilk, gull, cozen, delude,
mislead, snooker, victimize, Colloq bamboozle, flimflam, put one
over on, pull a fast one on; Slang con, rip off, rook, take, US
and Canadian snow, do a snow job on: She was duped into
believing she had won the lottery.
duplicate adj. 1 identical; twin, matching: They sent me duplicate
tickets by mistake.