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Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- a. & vb. n. of
play . - See under
Card .
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- noun An occasion on which something, such as a song or show, is
played . - verb Present participle of
play .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of playing a musical instrument
- noun the action of taking part in a game or sport or other recreation
- noun the performance of a part or role in a drama
Etymologies
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Examples
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The following example will make the reason clear: _No amateur athlete has a salary for playing, John Gorman is not an amateur athlete, Therefore John Gorman has a salary for playing_.
The Making of Arguments J. H. Gardiner
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Then it's, 'OK - I'm not playing well, I need to find some form, I'm playing in a struggling team at Newcastle,' or whatever it is.
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Then it's, 'OK - I'm not playing well, I need to find some form, I'm playing in a struggling team at Newcastle,' or whatever it is.
Football news, match reports and fixtures | guardian.co.uk 2010
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Press Association Brazilian soccer legend Rivaldo, who made his name playing for Barcelona, recently signed with an Angolan club.
Why Is This Soccer Star Moving to Angola? Gabriele Marcotti 2012
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At any point you can take control of the game of your liking and begin playing from the same moment that was only playing on demo mode a moment ago.
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He let a fierce grin cross his face, the same grin he had used when he earned his nickname playing defense for the Philadelphia Eagles decades before.
Unpretty Sharon Carter Rogers 2008
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He let a fierce grin cross his face, the same grin he had used when he earned his nickname playing defense for the Philadelphia Eagles decades before.
Unpretty Sharon Carter Rogers 2008
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I first came across the term playing Ultima IV on my Apple IIe.
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It wasn't always a comfortable fit for a singer who made his name playing spiffed-up guitar pop, and not just because the half-empty audience had a predictably substantial contingent of teens and tweens.
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Do you know what the phrase "playing chicken" means?
Related Words
synonyms (94)
Words with the same meaning
- acting
- aflicker
- aping
- betting
- bickering
- blinking
- buffoonery
- business
- cardsharping
- casting lots
- characterization
- coquetry
- dabbling
- dalliance
- dallying
- dancing
- dumb show
- embodiment
- enacting
- enactment
- fiddling
- flashing
- flickering
- flickery
- flicky
- flirtation
- fluttering
- fluttery
- fooling
- fooling around
- gag
- gambling
- gaming
- ham
- hammy acting
- hazarding
- hoke
- hokum
- idling
- imitation
- impersonation
- incarnation
- jerking off
- kidding around
- lambent
- loitering
- masquerade
- messing around
- mimesis
- mimicking
- mimicry
- miming
- monkeying
- monkeying around
- mummery
- overacting
- pantomime
- pantomiming
- patter
- performance
- performing
- personation
- personification
- piddling
- play
- playacting
- playing around
- portrayal
- posing
- pottering
- projection
- puttering
- quivering
- quivery
- representation
- risking
- slapstick
- smattering
- sortition
- speculation
- sporting
- stage business
- stage directions
- stage presence
- staking
- stroboscopic
- stunt
- taking a role
- tinkering
- toying
- trifling
- wagering
- wavering
- wavery
variants (1)
Variants
rhymes (37)
Words with the same terminal sound
- allaying
- arraying
- baying
- betraying
- buffeting
- conveying
- crocheting
- decaying
- delaying
- dismaying
- disobeying
- displaying
- doomsaying
- fraying
- graying
- greying
- haying
- laying
- nonpaying
- obeying
- overplaying
- paying
- portraying
- praying
- prepaying
- preying
- purveying
- repaying
- replaying
- saying
- slaying
- spraying
- staying
- straying
- surveying
- swaying
- weighing
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