play silly buggers

verb

To act in a stupid or reckless manner.

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Meanings

verbplay silly buggers (third-person singular simple present plays silly buggers, present participle playing silly buggers, simple past and past participle played silly buggers)

present singular third person plays silly buggers · participle present playing silly buggers · participle past played silly buggers · past played silly buggers · alternative play silly beggars

  1. AustraliaCanadaNew ZealandUKidiomaticTo act in a stupid or reckless manner.

    "Look," he said, "it's just fate playing silly buggers with you. With me. With us. It's a complete coincidence."

    1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 95
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APA

play silly buggers. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/play%20silly%20buggers

MLA

“play silly buggers.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/play%20silly%20buggers. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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