dummy out

verb

To remove (a feature, subplot, item, or character) from a video game.

OriginJapanese ダミー ← English dummy →
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Meanings

verbdummy out (third-person singular simple present dummies out, present participle dummying out, simple past and past participle dummied out)

present singular third person dummies out · participle present dummying out · participle past dummied out · past dummied out

  1. video gamesTo remove (a feature, subplot, item, or character) from a video game.

Origin

  1. Englishdummy
  2. Japaneseダミー
  3. Englishdummy out

From Japanese ダミー (damī), which was often used as a placeholder term for the designation of certain things that ended up going unused in a video game. The Japanese term was itself derived from English dummy, and thus tended to be translated in games (even if inaccessible by normal means) as "DUMMY". ダミー may specifically be a derivative of the programming sense of English dummy.

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APA

dummy out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dummy%20out

MLA

“dummy out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dummy%20out. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dummy out,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dummy%20out.

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