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play bows

play bows is the plural of play bow.

Meaning of play bow

Noun

play bow (plural play bows)

  1. A posture used by dogs to invite play behavior. The front part of the chest is brought low to the ground and the forelegs are extended.

Questions about play bows

What is play bows the plural of?
Play bows is the plural of play bow.

Words near play bows in the dictionary

  1. play big
  2. play booty
  3. play both ends against the middle
  4. play both sides against the middle
  5. play bow
  6. play bows
  7. play by ear
  8. play by the rules
  9. play catch-up
  10. play cheat
  11. play chicken

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Adapted from Wiktionary: play bows (page history and authors); play bow (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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