Definitions containing play
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| Play | Play action; use; employment; exercise; practice; as, fair play; sword play; a play of wit — Webster Dictionary |
| Frolic | Frolic to play wild pranks; to play tricks of levity, mirth, and gayety; to indulge in frolicsome play; to sport — Webster Dictionary |
| Play | Play 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 — Webster Dictionary |
| pair | pair A double play, two outs recorded in one play — Wiktionary |
| metadrama | metadrama A play that features another play as part of its plot. — Wiktionary |
| premiere | premiere Of a film or play, to play for the first time. — Wiktionary |
| cast | cast select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet — Princeton's WordNet |
| playful | playful liking play, prone to play frequently, such as a child or kitten; rather sportive. — Wiktionary |
| erase | erase To remove a runner from the bases via a double play or pick off play — Wiktionary |
| bug out | bug out miss school, play truant, play hooky. — Wiktionary |
| power play | power play a play in which there is a concentration of players in one location on the field of play — Princeton's WordNet |
| casting | casting the choice of actors to play particular roles in a play or movie — Princeton's WordNet |
| Shuttlecock | Shuttlecock a cork stuck with feathers, which is to be struck by a battledoor in play; also, the play itself — Webster Dictionary |
| infield fly rule | infield fly rule A rule providing that a fair fly ball hit with a force play at third base, which is deemed catchable by an umpire, be ruled an out irrespective of the fielder's play, eliminating the force play at all bases. — Wiktionary |
| misplay | misplay play incorrectly, e.g., play a wrong note — Princeton's WordNet |
| curtain raiser | curtain raiser a short play presented before the main play — Princeton's WordNet |
| Toyhouse | Toyhouse a house for children to play in or to play with; a playhouse — Webster Dictionary |
| third session | third session the session of a day's play between tea and close of play — Wiktionary |
| first session | first session The session of a day's play between start of play and lunch. — Wiktionary |
| skylark | skylark To jump about joyfully, frolic; to play around, play tricks. — Wiktionary |
| antiplay | antiplay A play (dramatical production) that deliberately avoids the typical conventions of the play, such as a coherent plot and resolution. — Wiktionary |
| scrum | scrum, scrummage (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 — Princeton's WordNet |
| scrummage | scrum, scrummage (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 — Princeton's WordNet |
| Play | Play to put in action or motion; as, to play cannon upon a fortification; to play a trump — Webster Dictionary |
| Rig | Rig to play the wanton; to act in an unbecoming manner; to play tricks — Webster Dictionary |
| endplay | endplay A tactical play in which a defender is put on lead at a strategic moment, and then has to make a play that loses one or more tricks — Wiktionary |
| Thumb | Thumb to play with the thumb or thumbs; to play clumsily; to thrum — Webster Dictionary |
| no room at the inn | no room at the inn A phrase used by play-by-play announcers to describe a situation in which an ineffective pitcher is pitching with the bases loaded. — Wiktionary |
| Wanton | Wanton to sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play lasciviously — Webster Dictionary |
| free agent | free agent (Sports) A professional athlete who is free to play for or sign a contract to play for any team. — Wiktionary |
| color commentator | color commentator At a sporting event, a member of the announcing team who assists a play-by-play announcer. Provides insight into strategy, player performance, background information, etc., and often light humor. — Wiktionary |
| Rogue | Rogue to wander; to play the vagabond; to play knavish tricks — Webster Dictionary |
| Romp | Romp to play rudely and boisterously; to leap and frisk about in play — Webster Dictionary |
| improvise | improvise to act, sing, play an instrument, etc. without planning what to say, sing, or play; = ad-lib — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| Double | Double to play tricks; to use sleights; to play false — Webster Dictionary |
| Bob | Bob to have a short, jerking motion; to play to and fro, or up and down; to play loosely against anything — Webster Dictionary |
| autoreverse | autoreverse A device in a cassette player that reverses the direction of play when a tape gets to the end (so as to play the other side). — Wiktionary |
| shotgun | shotgun A play formation in which the quarterback is a few feet behind the snapper when the ball is hiked, ideally allowing for an easier pass play. — Wiktionary |
| checkback | checkback A play of a designated card as a prompt to one's partner to respond with a play indicating the kinds of card he/she holds. — Wiktionary |
| double play depth | double play depth When the infielders play in a few steps from their normal position because of the possibility of getting a double play at second base and first base. — Wiktionary |
| Coquet | Coquet 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 — Webster Dictionary |
| Battledoor | Battledoor 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 — Webster Dictionary |
| Act | Act 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 — Webster Dictionary |
| Interlude | Interlude 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 — Webster Dictionary |
| induction | induction The use of rumors to twist and complicate the plot of a play or to narrate in a way that does not have to state truth nor fact within the play. — Wiktionary |
| Flirt | Flirt 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 — Webster Dictionary |
| Harlequinade | Harlequinade a play or part of play in which the harlequin is conspicuous; the part of a harlequin — Webster Dictionary |
| Harp | Harp 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 — Webster Dictionary |
| Part | Part 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 — Webster Dictionary |
| on-side kick | on-side kick A play in American Football whereby the team performing the kick-off kicks the ball the minimum distance (ten yards in most levels of play) in an attempt to immediately regain possession of the ball. This tactic is seldom successful. — Wiktionary |
| Scenery | Scenery assemblage of scenes; the paintings and hangings representing the scenes of a play; the disposition and arrangement of the scenes in which the action of a play, poem, etc., is laid; representation of place of action or occurence — Webster Dictionary |
| Scene | Scene 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 — Webster Dictionary |
| End Play | End Play The power to move horizontally in its bearings sometimes given to armature shafts. This secures a more even wearing of the commutator faces. End play is not permissible in disc armatures, as the attraction of the field upon the face of the armature core would displace it endwise. For such armatures thrust-bearings preventing end play have to be provided. — The Standard Electrical Dictionary |
| scene | scene 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. — Wiktionary |
| session | session Any of the three scheduled two hour playing sessions, from the start of play to lunch, from lunch to tea and from tea to the close of play. — Wiktionary |
| ducks and drakes | ducks and drakes squandering of resources, especially money; used in expressions like to make ducks and drakes of , to play ducks and drakes with , to play at ducks and drakes with — Wiktionary |
| Rubber | Rubber in some games, as whist, the odd game, as the third or the fifth, when there is a tie between the players; as, to play the rubber; also, a contest determined by the winning of two out of three games; as, to play a rubber of whist — Webster Dictionary |
| Played | Played of Play — Webster Dictionary |
| Pley | Pley see Play — Webster Dictionary |
| Playing | Playing of Play — Webster Dictionary |
| Miracle | Miracle a miracle play — Webster Dictionary |
| derogate | minimize, belittle, denigrate, derogate cause to seem less serious; play down — Princeton's WordNet |
| minimize | minimize, belittle, denigrate, derogate cause to seem less serious; play down — Princeton's WordNet |
| denigrate | minimize, belittle, denigrate, derogate cause to seem less serious; play down — Princeton's WordNet |
| belittle | minimize, belittle, denigrate, derogate cause to seem less serious; play down — Princeton's WordNet |
| replay | replay play again — Princeton's WordNet |
| Sport | Sport play; idle jingle — Webster Dictionary |
| Horseplay | Horseplay rude, boisterous play — Webster Dictionary |
| Playing | Playing a. & vb. n. of Play — Webster Dictionary |
| Playgame | Playgame play of children — Webster Dictionary |
| funny money | funny money Play money. — Wiktionary |
| twin killing | twin killing A double play. — Wiktionary |
| midplay | midplay During a play. — Wiktionary |
| fourplay | fourplay Quad play. — Wiktionary |
| corner kick | corner kick : A kick awarded to the attacking team when the ball leaves the field of play by wholly crossing the goal line without a goal having been scored, having last touched a player from the defending team. For the kick, the ball is placed within the corner arc closest to where the ball went out of play. — Wiktionary |
| make believe | make-believe, pretend imagined as in a play — Princeton's WordNet |
| prelude | prelude play as a prelude — Princeton's WordNet |
| field | field play as a fielder — Princeton's WordNet |
| figure | figure, enter be or play a part of or in — Princeton's WordNet |
| skittle | skittle play skittles — Princeton's WordNet |
| serenade | serenade sing and play for somebody — Princeton's WordNet |
| skirl | skirl play the bagpipes — Princeton's WordNet |
| fullback | fullback play the fullback — Princeton's WordNet |
| first half | first half the first of two halves of play — Princeton's WordNet |
| play out | play out play to a finish — Princeton's WordNet |
| playlet | playlet a short play — Princeton's WordNet |
| frisk | frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about play boisterously — Princeton's WordNet |
| frolic | frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about play boisterously — Princeton's WordNet |
| playmate | playmate, playfellow a companion at play — Princeton's WordNet |
| second half | second half, last half the second of two halves of play — Princeton's WordNet |
| cricket | cricket play cricket — Princeton's WordNet |
| quarterback | quarterback play the quarterback — Princeton's WordNet |
| dramatis personae | cast, cast of characters, dramatis personae the actors in a play — Princeton's WordNet |
| representation | theatrical performance, theatrical, representation, histrionics a performance of a play — Princeton's WordNet |
| put out | put out, retire cause to be out on a fielding play — Princeton's WordNet |
| retire | put out, retire cause to be out on a fielding play — Princeton's WordNet |
| riff | riff play riffs — Princeton's WordNet |
| prologue | prologue an introduction to a play — Princeton's WordNet |
| rollick | frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about play boisterously — Princeton's WordNet |
| romp | frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about play boisterously — Princeton's WordNet |
| disport | frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about play boisterously — Princeton's WordNet |
| dice | dice play dice — Princeton's WordNet |
| ruff | trump, ruff play a trump — Princeton's WordNet |
| run around | frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about play boisterously — Princeton's WordNet |
| fiddle | fiddle play on a violin — Princeton's WordNet |
| rag | rag play in ragtime — Princeton's WordNet |
| replay | replay play (a melody) again — Princeton's WordNet |
| skylark | frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about play boisterously — Princeton's WordNet |
| cast | cast, cast of characters, dramatis personae the actors in a play — Princeton's WordNet |
| make-believe | make-believe, pretend imagined as in a play — Princeton's WordNet |
| histrionics | theatrical performance, theatrical, representation, histrionics a performance of a play — Princeton's WordNet |
| lark | frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about play boisterously — Princeton's WordNet |
| trump | trump, ruff play a trump — Princeton's WordNet |
| pretend | make-believe, pretend imagined as in a play — Princeton's WordNet |
| lark about | frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about play boisterously — Princeton's WordNet |
| theatrical | theatrical performance, theatrical, representation, histrionics a performance of a play — Princeton's WordNet |
| theatrical performance | theatrical performance, theatrical, representation, histrionics a performance of a play — Princeton's WordNet |
| last half | second half, last half the second of two halves of play — Princeton's WordNet |
| enter | figure, enter be or play a part of or in — Princeton's WordNet |
| bang out | bang out play loudly — Princeton's WordNet |
| time out | time-out a brief suspension of play — Princeton's WordNet |
| golf | golf play golf — Princeton's WordNet |
| pipe | pipe play on a pipe — Princeton's WordNet |
| bugle | bugle play on a bugle — Princeton's WordNet |
| gambol | frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about play boisterously — Princeton's WordNet |
| play | play play on an instrument — Princeton's WordNet |
| cavort | frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about play boisterously — Princeton's WordNet |
| cast of characters | cast, cast of characters, dramatis personae the actors in a play — Princeton's WordNet |
| soft pedal | soft-pedal play down or obscure — Princeton's WordNet |
| soft-pedal | soft-pedal play down or obscure — Princeton's WordNet |
| playfellow | playmate, playfellow a companion at play — Princeton's WordNet |
| time-out | time-out a brief suspension of play — Princeton's WordNet |
| harp | harp play the harp — Princeton's WordNet |
| sport | frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about play boisterously — Princeton's WordNet |
| Sycophantize | Sycophantize to play the sycophant — Webster Dictionary |
| Rhetoricate | Rhetoricate to play the orator — Webster Dictionary |
| Cricket | Cricket to play at cricket — Webster Dictionary |
| Mountebank | Mountebank to play the mountebank — Webster Dictionary |
| Rhetorize | Rhetorize to play the orator — Webster Dictionary |
| Duke | Duke to play the duke — Webster Dictionary |
| Niggle | Niggle to trifle or play — Webster Dictionary |
| Toyful | Toyful full of trifling play — Webster Dictionary |
| Giantize | Giantize to play the giant — Webster Dictionary |
| Fife | Fife to play on a fife — Webster Dictionary |
| Fiddle | Fiddle to play on a fiddle — Webster Dictionary |
| Gittern | Gittern to play on gittern — Webster Dictionary |
| Triumph | Triumph to play a trump card — Webster Dictionary |
| Prince | Prince to play the prince — Webster Dictionary |
| Fum | Fum to play upon a fiddle — Webster Dictionary |
| Sycophant | Sycophant to play the sycophant — Webster Dictionary |
| Bowl | Bowl to play with bowls — Webster Dictionary |
| Casuist | Casuist to play the casuist — Webster Dictionary |
| dice | dice To play dice. — Wiktionary |
| falsecard | falsecard To play a falsecard — Wiktionary |
| skittle | skittle To play skittles. — Wiktionary |
| fiddle | fiddle To play aimlessly. — Wiktionary |
| offside | offside An offside play — Wiktionary |
| snooker | snooker To play snooker. — Wiktionary |
| FTP | FTP free-to-play — Wiktionary |
| put on | put on To play (a recording). — Wiktionary |
| act | act To play (a role). — Wiktionary |
| golf | golf To play golf. — Wiktionary |
| dead | dead Not in play. — Wiktionary |
| bunk off | bunk off To play truant — Wiktionary |
| cubby house | cubby house A child's play house. — Wiktionary |
| dirty pool | dirty pool Foul play, misconduct. — Wiktionary |
| replay | replay to play again — Wiktionary |
| rattle the bones | rattle the bones to play dice. — Wiktionary |
| leather | leather A good defensive play — Wiktionary |
| staging | staging A performance of a play — Wiktionary |
| make-believe | pretense, pretence, make-believe imaginative intellectual play — Princeton's WordNet |
| make believe | pretense, pretence, make-believe imaginative intellectual play — Princeton's WordNet |
| paronomasia | pun, punning, wordplay, paronomasia a humorous play on words — Princeton's WordNet |
| jazz | jazz play something in the style of jazz — Princeton's WordNet |
| modernization | modernization a modernized version (as of a play) — Princeton's WordNet |
| entr'acte | entr'acte the interlude between two acts of a play — Princeton's WordNet |
| pun | pun, punning, wordplay, paronomasia a humorous play on words — Princeton's WordNet |
| pun | pun make a play on words — Princeton's WordNet |
| punning | pun, punning, wordplay, paronomasia a humorous play on words — Princeton's WordNet |
| horseplay | horseplay rowdy or boisterous play — Princeton's WordNet |
| playday | playtime, playday time for play or diversion — Princeton's WordNet |
| playtime | playtime, playday time for play or diversion — Princeton's WordNet |
| pipe up | pipe up begin to play or sing — Princeton's WordNet |
| persona | character, role, theatrical role, part, persona an actor's portrayal of someone in a play — Princeton's WordNet |
| harmonise | harmonize, harmonise sing or play in harmony — Princeton's WordNet |
| harmonize | harmonize, harmonise sing or play in harmony — Princeton's WordNet |
| heavy | heavy a serious (or tragic) role in a play — Princeton's WordNet |
| present | stage, present, represent perform (a play), especially on a stage — Princeton's WordNet |
| fiddle | fiddle play the violin or fiddle — Princeton's WordNet |
| pretence | pretense, pretence, make-believe imaginative intellectual play — Princeton's WordNet |
| play | act, play, represent play a role or part — Princeton's WordNet |
| rerun | rerun rerun a performance of a play, for example — Princeton's WordNet |
| pretense | pretense, pretence, make-believe imaginative intellectual play — Princeton's WordNet |
| part | character, role, theatrical role, part, persona an actor's portrayal of someone in a play — Princeton's WordNet |
| gamble | gamble play games for money — Princeton's WordNet |
| symphonize | symphonize, symphonise play or sound together, in harmony — Princeton's WordNet |
| trumpet | trumpet play or blow on the trumpet — Princeton's WordNet |
| triple play | triple play the act of getting three players out on one play — Princeton's WordNet |
| shoot craps | shoot craps play a game of craps — Princeton's WordNet |
| chip | chip play a chip shot — Princeton's WordNet |
| climax | climax, culmination the decisive moment in a novel or play — Princeton's WordNet |
| chessboard | chessboard, chess board a checkerboard used to play chess — Princeton's WordNet |
| character | character, role, theatrical role, part, persona an actor's portrayal of someone in a play — Princeton's WordNet |
| slur | slur play smoothly or legato — Princeton's WordNet |
| snap | snap put in play with a snap — Princeton's WordNet |
| theatrical role | character, role, theatrical role, part, persona an actor's portrayal of someone in a play — Princeton's WordNet |
| ace | ace play (a hole) in one stroke — Princeton's WordNet |
| stage | stage, present, represent perform (a play), especially on a stage — Princeton's WordNet |
| start | start play in the starting lineup — Princeton's WordNet |
| symphonise | symphonize, symphonise play or sound together, in harmony — Princeton's WordNet |
| tennis racquet | tennis racket, tennis racquet a racket used to play tennis — Princeton's WordNet |
| appear | appear appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc. — Princeton's WordNet |
| serve | serve put the ball into play — Princeton's WordNet |
| amateur | amateur an athlete who does not play for pay — Princeton's WordNet |
| act | act, play, represent play a role or part — Princeton's WordNet |
| role | character, role, theatrical role, part, persona an actor's portrayal of someone in a play — Princeton's WordNet |
| double play | double play the act of getting two players out on one play — Princeton's WordNet |
| tennis racket | tennis racket, tennis racquet a racket used to play tennis — Princeton's WordNet |
| represent | stage, present, represent perform (a play), especially on a stage — Princeton's WordNet |
| represent | act, play, represent play a role or part — Princeton's WordNet |
| drum | drum play a percussion instrument — Princeton's WordNet |
| end | end the part you are expected to play — Princeton's WordNet |
| roulette ball | roulette ball the ball used to play roulette — Princeton's WordNet |
| wanton | wanton engage in amorous play — Princeton's WordNet |
| scene | scene a subdivision of an act of a play — Princeton's WordNet |
| culmination | climax, culmination the decisive moment in a novel or play — Princeton's WordNet |
| wordplay | pun, punning, wordplay, paronomasia a humorous play on words — Princeton's WordNet |
| play about | play about play around — Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary |
| Bow | Bow to play (music) with a bow — Webster Dictionary |
| Playtime | Playtime time for play or diversion — Webster Dictionary |
| Pander | Pander to play the pander for — Webster Dictionary |
| Dice | Dice to play games with dice — Webster Dictionary |
| Disport | Disport play; sport; pastime; diversion; playfulness — Webster Dictionary |
| Disportment | Disportment act of disporting; diversion; play — Webster Dictionary |
| Toy | Toy amorous dalliance; play; sport; pastime — Webster Dictionary |
| Pedagogue | Pedagogue to play the pedagogue toward — Webster Dictionary |
| Harp | Harp to play on the harp — Webster Dictionary |
| Lusory | Lusory used in play; sportive; playful — Webster Dictionary |
| Personate | Personate to play or assume a character — Webster Dictionary |
| Fiddle | Fiddle to play (a tune) on a fiddle — Webster Dictionary |
| reverse sweep | reverse sweep To play such a shot. — Wiktionary |
| on drive | on drive to play such a shot — Wiktionary |
| slog-sweep | slog-sweep to play such a shot — Wiktionary |
| catenaccio | catenaccio a system of defensive play — Wiktionary |
| boast | boast To play a boast shot — Wiktionary |
| tickle the ivories | tickle the ivories To play the piano. — Wiktionary |
| basketbrawl | basketbrawl Highly physical basketball play. — Wiktionary |
| jazz | jazz To play jazz music. — Wiktionary |
| off drive | off drive to play such a shot — Wiktionary |
| act a fool | act a fool to play the fool — Wiktionary |