play
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: plā
rhymes: -eɪ
ipa: /pleɪ/
ipa: [pʰleɪ̯]
note: Indic
ipa: /ple(j)/
Forms: form: plays
Etymology: From Middle English pleyen, playen, pleȝen, plæien, also Middle English plaȝen, plawen (compare English plaw), from Old English pleġan, pleoġan, plæġan, and Old English plegian, pleagian, plagian (“to play, exercise, etc.”), from Proto-West Germanic *plehan (“to care about, be concerned with”) and Proto-West Germanic *plegōn (“to engage, move”), of uncertain origin.
cognates and related terms
Cognate with Scots play (“to act or move briskly, cause to move, stir”), Saterland Frisian pleegje (“to look after, care for, maintain”), West Frisian pleegje, pliigje (“to commit, perform, bedrive”), Middle Dutch pleyen ("to dance, leap for joy, rejoice, be glad"; compare Modern Dutch pleien (“to play a particular children's game”)), Dutch plegen (“to commit, bedrive, practice”), German pflegen (“to care for, be concerned with, attend to, tend”). Related also to Old English plēon (“to risk, endanger”). More at plight, pledge.
The noun is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, plega, plæġa (“play, quick motion, movement, exercise; (athletic) sport, game; festivity, drama; battle; gear for games, an implement for a game; clapping with the hands, applause”), deverbative of plegian (“to play”); see above.
Senses: examples: text: Children learn through play.
text: She was fond of all boys' plays, and greatly preferred cricket […] to dolls […]
ref: 1803 (date written), [Jane Austen], Northanger Abbey; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […], 20 December 1817 (indicated as 1818), →OCLC:
text: 1964, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
You know, when I was around 7-11 years old, my favorite play would be "boys." One of us, Bridget, Maryellen, or I, would say "Let's play boys." We all had boy names, set up the pretend surroundings, and acted like boys.
qualifier: formerly countable
glosses: Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
examples: text: This kind of play helps the young lion cubs develop their hunting skills.
glosses: Similar activity in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
examples: text: Play was very slow in the first half.
text: After the rain break, play resumed at 3 o'clock.
text: The game was abandoned after 20 minutes' play
glosses: The conduct, or course, of a game.
examples: text: In potting the yellow ball, he's knocked the green into play.
text: When a chess piece is captured, it is removed from play.
text: That option has been removed from play.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The sphere or circumstance in which a playing implement, such as a ball, is available to be played (see also in play, out of play).
raw_tags: with certain prepositions
examples: text: His play has improved a lot this season.
glosses: An individual's performance in a sport or game.
examples: text: That was a great play by the Mudchester Rovers forward.
glosses: A short sequence of action within a game.
examples: text: AWARD is better than either WARED or WADER. However, there's an even better play! If you have looked at the two-to-make-three letter list, you may have noticed the word AWA.
ref: 2009, Joe Edley, John Williams, Everything Scrabble: Third Edition, page 85:
glosses: A short sequence of action within a game.
An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
synonyms: move
qualifier: turn-based games
examples: text: This book contains all of Shakespeare's plays.
synonyms: word: drama
word: script
word: drama
word: play
glosses: A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.
examples: text: We saw a two-act play in the theatre.
text: My kids are acting in the school play this Christmas.
glosses: A theatrical performance featuring actors.
examples: text: ABC Widgets makes a play in the bicycle market with its bid to take over Acme Sprockets.
text: Turpin signals the Metric Party's long-term play for housing reform
glosses: An attempt to move forward, as in a plan or strategy, for example by a business, investor, or political party.
glosses: A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other resources.
examples: text: the play of light and shadow across the boy's face
text: the sum of mental and physical phenomena known by the conventional name “person” or “individual” is not at all the mere play of blind chance.
ref: 1956, Nyanatiloka Mahåthera, Fundamentals of Buddhism Four Lectures:
glosses: Movement (of a pattern of light etc.)
examples: give play to your imagination
glosses: Freedom to move.
examples: text: No wonder the fanbelt is slipping: there’s too much play in it.
text: Too much play in a steering wheel may be dangerous.
glosses: Freedom to move.
The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely, as for example lash, backlash, or slack.
examples: text: petplay
text: Sexy LF novice seeks seasoned top to spice up my play life. Teach me a lesson I won't forget.
ref: 1990 December 9, “Butch In The Streets, Bottom Between The Sheets (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 21, page 17:
text: The rarity of male domination in fantasy play is readily explained.
ref: 1996, Sabrina P Ramet, Gender reversals and gender cultures:
text: Palm Springs M seeks sane F 4 safe bdsm play
ref: 1996, "toptigger", (on Internet newsgroup alt.personals.spanking.punishment)
text: There were none of the usual restrictions on public nudity or sexual interaction in the club environment. Still, the night was young, and as he'd made his way to the bar to order Mistress Ramona a gin and tonic, he'd seen little in the way of play.
ref: 2013, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Best Bondage Erotica 2014:
text: This type of play allows some people to relax and enjoy being given pleasure without having to think about giving pleasure back at the same time.
ref: 2014, Jiri T. Servant, Facts About Bondage - Bondage Guide For Beginners:
glosses: Sexual activity or sexual role-playing.
examples: text: That video of my cat falling off the piano has had ten thousand plays.
text: The most-streamed artist of the year was British singer Ed Sheeran, who amassed 860 million plays with hits like “I See Fire.”
ref: 2014 December 3, Victor Luckerson, “These Were Spotify's Most-Streamed Songs This Year”, in Time, archived from the original on 02 Jun 2017:
synonyms: word: view
english: of visual media
translation: of visual media
word: listen
english: of audio
translation: of audio
glosses: An instance of watching or listening to media.
examples: text: Their single got a play on the radio.
text: The song got a lot of play in the clubs.
glosses: An instance or instances of causing media to be watched or heard, such as by broadcasting.
examples: text: press play
glosses: A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.
examples: text: play on words
text: The name Wiktionary is a play on the words wiki and dictionary.
glosses: An instance of wordplay.
examples: handplay, swordplay
glosses: Activity relating to martial combat or fighting.
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: advantage play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: afterplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: against the run of play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: ageplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: airplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: all-play-all
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: and don't play one on TV
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: antiplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: approach play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: at play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: audio play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: autoplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: batting average on balls in play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: binge-play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: bioplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: bloodplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: breath play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: breathplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: bring into play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: buttplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: buy-to-play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: byplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: by-play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: cardplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: chamber play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: chapterplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: checks play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: child's play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: close of play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: come into play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: counterplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: cross-play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: crossplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: death play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: double-play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: double play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: double play depth
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: downplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: edge play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: electroplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: endplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: extended play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: fair play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: field of play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: fingerplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: fireplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: flag on the play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: food play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: foodplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: force play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: foreplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: foul play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: fourplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: free-to-play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: free to play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: game-play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: gameplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: genderplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: go and play in the traffic
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: go and play in traffic
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: God does not play dice
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: God does not play dice with the universe
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: go play in the traffic
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: go play in traffic
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: go play with yourself
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: grandstand play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: gunplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: hairplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: hair play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: hold-up play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: horseplay
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word: horse-play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: humiliation play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: impact play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: interplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: isolation play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: kabuki play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: kittenplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: knifeplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: learn to play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: let's play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: line of play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: long-play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: long play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: longplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: love play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: magnet play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: make a play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: match play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: medal play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: metaplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: midplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: miniplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: miracle play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: misplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: morality play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: multiplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: mystery play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: nameplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: nativity play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: neighborhood play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: netplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: nonplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: open play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: outdoor play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: out of play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: outplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: out-play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: overplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: pack and play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: pad play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: painplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: parallel play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: party and play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: pass-and-play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: passion play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: pay for play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: pay or play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: pay per play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: pay to play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: pay-to-play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: pee play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: period play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: pet play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: petplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: photoplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: piss play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: pissplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playability
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playable
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play about
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play-act
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playact
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play-acting
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play-action pass
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play-actor
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play-actress
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play a double game
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play against type
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playaholic
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play all one's cards
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play along
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play a part
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play a role
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play around
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play at
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playathon
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play a waiting game
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play away
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playback
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play back
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play ball
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playball
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playbarn
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play big
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playbill
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playblast
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playboard
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playboat
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playboating
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playbook
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play-book
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play booty
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playbor
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play both ends against the middle
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play both sides against the middle
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play bow
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playbox
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playboy
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playbroker
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playbroking
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playbus
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play by ear
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play-by-email
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play-by-mail
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play by play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play-by-play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play by the rules
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playcalling
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playcare
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playcart
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play cat and mouse
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play catch-up
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playcenter
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playcentre
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playception
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play cheat
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play chicken
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playclothes
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play club
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play coy
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play Cupid
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playdate
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play date
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playday
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play dead
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play dirty
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play doctor
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play doggo
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play-doh
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playdough
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play down
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playdown
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play dumb
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play equipment
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: player
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playette
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play fair
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play fast and loose
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play favorites
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playfeer
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playfellow
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playfield
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playfight
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play fight
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play-fight
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play fine
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play first fiddle
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play for a fool
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play for love
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play for time
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playframe
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playfriend
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playful
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play full
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playgame
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play games
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playgan
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playgirl
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play God
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playgoer
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playgoing
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play gooseberry
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playground
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playgroup
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play group
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play hardball
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play hard to get
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play havoc
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play hell with
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play hob with
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play hookey
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play hookie
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play hooky
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play host to
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play house
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playhouse
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play in
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play in Peoria
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play into someone's hands
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play it by ear
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play it cheap
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play it close to the hip
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play it cool
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play it for all it's worth
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play it pear-shaped
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play it safe
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play it straight
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playland
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playleader
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playless
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playlet
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play like
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playlike
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playline
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playlist
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playlore
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playlot
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playlunch
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play lunch
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playmaker
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playmaking
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: Playmaster
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playmat
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playmate
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play merry havoc with
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play merry hell with
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playmobile
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play money
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play musical chairs
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play nice
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play Nostradamus
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play number two
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playock
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play of color
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playoff
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play off
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play-off
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play of words
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play Old Gooseberry
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play Old Harry
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play Old Harry with
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play on
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play one against another
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play one's cards right
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play one's cards well
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play one's guts out
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play one's hand right
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play one's part
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play on someone's heartstrings
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play on words
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play or pay
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word: play out
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word: playout
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word: playover
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word: play park
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word: playpark
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word: play-party
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word: play party
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word: playpen
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word: play pendulum
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word: playpiece
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word: playpipe
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word: playplace
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word: play-play
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word: play politics
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word: play possum
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word: play pretty
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word: play pussy
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word: playreader
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word: playreading
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word: playright
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word: play-right
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word: playroom
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word: play safe
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word: playscale
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word: playscape
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word: playscheme
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word: playschool
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word: playscript
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word: play second fiddle
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word: playset
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word: playshed
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word: playsheet
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word: playshoe
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playshop
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play silly beggars
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word: play silly buggers
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word: playslip
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play small
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playsome
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play someone at their own game
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play someone false
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play someone like a bass fiddle
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play someone like a fiddle
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play someone like a violin
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playsong
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playspace
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playspot
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: PlayStation
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playstead
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play stick
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playstow
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play street
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playstreet
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play structure
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word: playstructure
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word: play stupid
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playstyle
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word: playsuit
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word: playtest
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word: playtester
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word: playtext
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word: play the advantage
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play the angles
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play the ball
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play the ball and not the man
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play the ball not the man
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play the board
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play the cat and banjo with
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play the clitar
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play the deuce with
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play the devil with
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play the dickens with
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play the field
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play the fool
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play the game
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play the gender card
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play the giddy goat
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play the giddy ox
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play the goat
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play the hand dealt
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play the hand one is dealt
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play the hand one was dealt
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play the hand that one is dealt
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play the hand that one was dealt
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play the long game
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play the man
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play the man and not the ball
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play the man not the ball
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play the mischief with
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play the Nazi card
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play the odds
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play the ponies
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play the pronoun game
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play the race card
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play therapy
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play the same tape
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play the skin flute
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play the something card
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play the system
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play the victim card
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play the wag
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play the white man
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play the world's smallest violin
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: plaything
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playthrough
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play through
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play-through
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playtime
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play to
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play tonsil hockey
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play to the cheap seats
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play to the crowd
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play to the gallery
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play to the whistle
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play to win
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playtoy
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play tricks
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play truant
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play up
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play up Old Gooseberry
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play upon
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play upon words
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play up to
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playware
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playwear
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play well with others
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play with
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play with a full deck
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play with edged tools
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play with edge-tools
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play with fire
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play with house money
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play with oneself
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playwork
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playworker
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playworld
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playworthy
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playwright
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playwriter
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: play-writing
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: playwriting
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: plug-and-play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: plug and play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: ponyplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: power-play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: power play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: preplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: problem play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: pup play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: pure-play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: pureplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: quad play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: quickplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: raceplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: radio play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: radioplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: rain stopped play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: rapeplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: ring play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: rôleplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: roleplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: role play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: role-play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: run of play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: Scottish play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: screen play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: screenplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: self-play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: sensation play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: sensory play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: sensual play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: sex play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: sexual play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: shadow play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: shoeplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: shortplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: side play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: slowplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: soft play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: softplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: spearplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: squeeze play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: stage play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: stageplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: state of play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: stay and play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: straight play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: stroke play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: superplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: teamplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: teleplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: temperature play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: temp play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: trick play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: triple play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: turnabout is fair play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: turn about is fair play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: two can play at that game
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: two can play at this game
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: two can play that game
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: two can play this game
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: underplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: unplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: war play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: waterplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: wax play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: waxplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: well-made play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: wet play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: when the cat's away the mice play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: when the cat's away the mice will play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: wing-play
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: wordplay
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb
word: word play
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