play dumb

English - English

Definition of play dumb in English English dictionary

To pretend to be slow-witted or lacking in specific knowledge, usually in order to avoid responsibility or to gain some advantage

Died. Virginia Hill, 49, redheaded, free-spending playmate of the underworld . . . who later acted out a cameo role before the late Senator Estes Kefauver's Senate crime committee, playing dumb about the business dealings of her many racketeer friends.

To pretend to be mute

I played dumb 'cause I knew if I talked at all, being simple and guileless, you all would twist me up and have the whole thing in a jiffy.

Turkish pronunciation

pley dʌm

Pronunciation

/ˈplā ˈdəm/ /ˈpleɪ ˈdʌm/