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play doggo en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /-ˈdɑ-/ (General-American, cot-caught-merger)
  • /pleɪ ˈdɔɡoʊ/ (General-American)
  • /pleɪ ˈdɒɡəʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

  1. (intransitive, slang) Synonym of lie doggo (“to lie quiet and still in order to avoid detection”)
    • Near-synonyms: play dead, play possum

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
playing doggo Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
plays doggo Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
played doggo Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
played doggo Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

play dead · play possum · lie doggo