Definition
To pretend to be dumb, either:
In Context
- "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."
- "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."
- "Valchek: Kid, careers have been launched on a helluvalot less. Just... shut up and play dumb. Hauk: I can do that, no problem."