English Explanatory Dictionary

play dumb

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To pretend to be dumb, either:
  2. To feign muteness.
  3. To feign stupidity or ignorance of some knowledge, usually in order to avoid responsibility or gain some advantage.

Pronunciation

En-au-play dumb.ogg

Word forms

play dumb plays dumb playing dumb played dumb

Synonyms

play stupid

Translations

Finnish: esittää mykkää Finnish: esittää tyhmää German: Stummheit vortäuschen German: vorgeben stumm zu sein German: sich dumm stellen German: (einen) auf dumm machen Polish: udawać niemego Polish: udawać Greka Polish: udać Greka Catalan: fer l'orni Catalan: fer el desentès Dutch: van den domme houden French: faire l'innocent Hawaiian: hoʻonaʻaupō Italian: fare lo gnorri Italian: fare l'innocente Italian: fare il finto tonto Macedonian: се прави наудрен Portuguese: fazer-se de tonto Romanian: face pe prostul Russian: приду́риваться Spanish: hacerse el sueco Spanish: hacerse el longuis Spanish: hacerse el/la de las gafas Spanish: hacerse el tonto Spanish: desentenderse Spanish: sota Spanish: hacerse el longui Spanish: hacerse el oso Swedish: spela dum Thai: ทำไก๋ Thai: ทำเป็นไขสือ
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