play
Webster Dictionary
to act or perform (a play); to represent in music action; as, to play a comedy; also, to act in the character of; to represent by acting; to simulate; to behave like; as, to play King Lear; to play the woman
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frolic
Webster Dictionary
to play wild pranks; to play tricks of levity, mirth, and gayety; to indulge in frolicsome play. to sport
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play
Webster Dictionary
action; use; employment; exercise; practice; as, fair play. sword play. a play of wit
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interlude
Webster Dictionary
a short entertainment exhibited on the stage between the acts of a play. or between the play and the afterpiece, to relieve the tedium of waiting
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play
Webster Dictionary
to put in action or motion; as, to play cannon upon a fortification; to play a trump
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shuttlecock
Webster Dictionary
a cork stuck with feathers, which is to be struck by a battledoor in play. also, the play itself
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flirt
Webster Dictionary
to run and dart about; to act with giddiness, or from a desire to attract notice; especially, to play the coquette; to play at courtship; to coquet; as, they flirt with the young men
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coquet
Webster Dictionary
to trifle in love; to stimulate affection or interest; to play the coquette; to deal playfully instead of seriously; to play (with); as, we have coquetted with political crime
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thumb
Webster Dictionary
to play with the thumb or thumbs; to play clumsily; to thrum
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romp
Webster Dictionary
to play rudely and boisterously; to leap and frisk about in play
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wanton
Webster Dictionary
to sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play lasciviously
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bob
Webster Dictionary
to have a short, jerking motion; to play to and fro, or up and down; to play loosely against anything
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rogue
Webster Dictionary
to wander; to play the vagabond; to play knavish tricks
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rig
Webster Dictionary
to play the wanton; to act in an unbecoming manner; to play tricks
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cast
(cast)
Princeton's WordNet
select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play. movie, musical, opera, or ballet
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power play
(power play)
Princeton's WordNet
a play in which there is a concentration of players in one location on the field of play
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casting
(casting)
Princeton's WordNet
the choice of actors to play particular roles in a play or movie
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toyhouse
Webster Dictionary
a house for children to play in or to play with; a playhouse
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double
Webster Dictionary
to play tricks; to use sleights; to play false
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misplay
(misplay)
Princeton's WordNet
play.incorrectly, e.g., play a wrong note
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curtain raiser
(curtain raiser)
Princeton's WordNet
a short play presented before the main play
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onside
(ˈɒnˈsaɪd, ˈɔn-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
within the prescribed line or area at the beginning of or during play or a play.
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battledoor
Webster Dictionary
an instrument, with a handle and a flat part covered with parchment or crossed with catgut, used to strike a shuttlecock in play. also, the play of battledoor and shuttlecock
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act
Webster Dictionary
a performance of part of a play. one of the principal divisions of a play or dramatic work in which a certain definite part of the action is completed
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curtain raiser
(ˈkɜr tn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a short play preceding the main play.
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part
Webster Dictionary
a particular character in a drama or a play. an assumed personification; also, the language, actions, and influence of a character or an actor in a play. or, figuratively, in real life. See To act a part, under Act
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scene
Webster Dictionary
so much of a play as passes without change of locality or time, or important change of character; hence, a subdivision of an act; a separate portion of a play. subordinate to the act, but differently determined in different plays; as, an act of four scenes
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scrummage
(scrum, scrummage)
Princeton's WordNet
(rugby) the method of beginning play in which the forwards of each team crouch side by side with locked arms; play starts when the ball is thrown in between them and the two sides compete for possession
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scrum
(scrum, scrummage)
Princeton's WordNet
(rugby) the method of beginning play in which the forwards of each team crouch side by side with locked arms; play starts when the ball is thrown in between them and the two sides compete for possession
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harp
Webster Dictionary
to play on, as a harp; to play (a tune) on the harp; to develop or give expression to by skill and art; to sound forth as from a harp; to hit upon
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