spit the dummy
To overreact (as an adult) to a situation, in an angry and childish manner.
He'll really spit the dummy when he hears that he's not going on that trip.
dummy
/ˈdʌmi/
noun 5verb 2adv 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
good, hooked, hot, outside, variable
VERB + DUMMY
carrying, crash, dropped, like, love, performing, performs, set
DUMMY + NOUN
astronauts, company, defender, garbage, himself, wit
PREP.
across, in, up, up, with
ADV.
such
Definitions
noun
1
A silent person; a person who does not talk.
The man's name […] was engraved in the centre, and beneath this, written in ink with the same elaborate precision as the engraving, there was a brief message. I am a deaf-mute, but I read the lips and understand what is said to me. Please do not shout. […] Singer looked very carefully at his lips when he spoke—he had noticed that before. But a dummy!
2
A stupid person.
Don't be such a dummy!
3
A term of address.
Hey dummy, what's good wit chu?
4
A figure of a person or animal used by a ventriloquist; a puppet.
5
Something constructed with the size and form of a human, to be used in place of a person.
To understand the effects of the accident, we dropped a dummy from the rooftop.
"There's a remedy, it does try one, but never mind," said Gubjor; "I shall make a dummy baby, which I shall bury in the churchyard, and then the dead will believe they have got the child, take my word, they won't know but what it is the real baby!"
verb
1
To make a mock-up or prototype version of something, without some or all off its intended functionality.
The carpenters dummied some props for the rehearsals.
2
To feint.
The more glamorous qualities usually associated with him are skill and pace and he used those to race on to a ball across him and dummy a defender before having a right-foot shot saved.
For the first, the 30-year-old allowed Walcott space on the right to send in a pass that was expertly dummied by Samir Nasri, allowing Van Persie to swivel and smash right-footed past Robert Green.
adv
1
Extremely.
It's dummy hot outside.
Thesaurus
Idioms & Phrases
dummy run
A trial or practice before the real attempt.
We'll try a dummy run with a small group first, to check that it works correctly.
dummy spit
The act of overreacting (as an adult) to a situation childishly, in an angry or frustrated manner.
Did you hear about John's dummy spit over the management changeover?
Example Bank
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The man's name […] was engraved in the centre, and beneath this, written in ink with the same elaborate precision as the engraving, there was a brief message. I am a deaf-mute, but I read the lips and
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Don't be such a dummy!
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Hey dummy, what's good wit chu?
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The carpenters dummied some props for the rehearsals.
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The more glamorous qualities usually associated with him are skill and pace and he used those to race on to a ball across him and dummy a defender before having a right-foot shot saved.
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For the first, the 30-year-old allowed Walcott space on the right to send in a pass that was expertly dummied by Samir Nasri, allowing Van Persie to swivel and smash right-footed past Robert Green.
WiktionaryUsage Notes
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