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played doctor

played doctor is the simple past and past participle of play doctor.

Meaning of play doctor

Verb

play doctor (third-person singular simple present plays doctor, present participle playing doctor, simple past and past participle played doctor)

  1. To pretend to be doctor and patient as a form of child play.
  2. (usually) To explore or sexually engage with another person's private parts, particularly in the context of roleplay of a medical nature.
    • […] Jimmie volunteered, […] "How can you have kids if you don't play doctor?"1931 October, R. L. Whitely, “Interviewing the Problem Boy”, in E. George Payne, editor, The Journal of Educational Sociology, volume V, number 2, Albany, page 99

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Questions about played doctor

What is played doctor the simple past and past participle of?
Played doctor is the simple past and past participle of play doctor.

Words near played doctor in the dictionary

  1. played cheat
  2. played chicken
  3. played Cupid
  4. played dead
  5. played dirty
  6. played doctor
  7. played down
  8. played dumb
  9. played fair
  10. played fast and loose
  11. played favorites

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