Definitions for child's play
child's play

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1. cinch, breeze, picnic, snap, duck soup, child's play, pushover, walkover, piece of cakenoun

   any undertaking that is easy to do

   "marketing this product will be no picnic"

2. play, child's playnoun

   activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules

   "Freud believed in the utility of play to a small child"

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1. child's play

   Child's play refers to tasks or activities that are extremely simple, easy, or non-complicated, requiring minimal effort to complete. The term originates from the idea that the mentioned task or activity is so simple that even a child could do it effortlessly.

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1. Child's Play

   Child's Play is a 1988 American horror film directed by Tom Holland and written by Don Mancini, John Lafia and Holland. It stars Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent and Brad Dourif. The official taglines of the film were "You'll wish it was only make-believe" and "Something's moved in with the Barclay family, and so has terror." The film was released on November 9, 1988 and met with moderate success. It has since developed a cult following among fans of the horror genre. The film is the first in the Child's Play film series and was the only film in the series released by MGM/UA, as the rights to the series were sold to Universal in 1990, right before production started on Child's Play 2.

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1. child's play

   Read the full text of the Child's Play poem by Robert Haigh on the Poetry.com website.

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1. • Diversion
   • Undertaking

How to pronounce child's play?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say child's play in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of child's play in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of child's play in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of child's play in a Sentence

1. Craig Claiborne:

   For those who love it, cooking is at once child's play and adult joy. And cooking done with care is an act of love.

2. Mike Sloan:

   If we lose what appears to be over 300 people because of this mandate, this public safety crisis we're experiencing will look like child's play.

3. Brian Deschanel:

   Taming a dog is a child's play, as to an ignorant person.

4. Thomas Hardy:

   Pessimism is, in brief, playing the sure game. You cannot lose at it; you may gain. It is the only view of life in which you can never be disappointed. Having reckoned what to do in the worst possible circumstances, when better arise, as they may, life becomes child's play.

5. Joseph Hammond:

   Sometimes when I am in my sitting room, it comes before me, when we were crossing the river, fighting, it's printed on my memory like a video film, anybody that goes to war, everyone must have respect for that person. It is not child's play.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=child's play