possum¹ (formerly also 'possum) /posˈəm/

1. In America, an aphetic form of opossum (informal)
2. Applied also to the Australasian phalanger

To play possum

play possum

1. To feign death, sleep, illness or ignorance
2. To dissemble

stir the possum (Aust)

To liven things up

• compromiser
• compromisers
• compromises
• compromising
• comprovincial
• comps
• Compsognathus
• compt
• comptable
• compted
• compter
• compte rendu
• comptes rendus
• comptible
• compting
• Comptometer
• comptroll
• comptroller
• comptrollers
• compts
• compulsative
• compulsatory
• compulse
• compulsed
• compulses