playmaker

play·mak·er

P p

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [pley-mey-ker]
- /ˈpleɪˌmeɪ kər/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [pley-mey-ker]
- /ˈpleɪˌmeɪ kər/

Definitions of playmaker word

noun playmaker an offensive player, as in basketball or ice hockey, who executes plays designed to put one or more teammates in a position to score. 1
noun playmaker Archaic. a playwright; dramatist. 1
noun playmaker a player whose role is to create scoring opportunities for his or her team-mates 0
noun playmaker a player, as in basketball, who leads the offense by initiating the plays 0

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Origin of playmaker

First appearance:

before 1520

One of the 28% oldest English words

First recorded in 1520-30; play + maker

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Parts of speech for Playmaker

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Playmaker

playmaker popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 44% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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