All play synonyms
play
P p verb play
- frequent β happening or occurring at short intervals: to make frequent trips to Tokyo.
- get there β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- carouse β If you say that people are carousing, you mean that they are behaving very noisily and drinking a lot of alcohol as they enjoy themselves.
- go wrong β not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
- lend a hand β the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- boohooing β to weep noisily; blubber.
- ham up β an actor or performer who overacts.
- joggle β to shake slightly; move to and fro, as by repeated jerks; jiggle: She joggled the key in the lock a couple of times before getting the door open.
- blow the lid off β a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- caricaturing β a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.
- impose on β to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- intermeddling β Present participle of intermeddle.
- gambol β to skip about, as in dancing or playing; frolic.
- execute β execution
- fall over β person: trip or slip
- jive β swing music or early jazz.
- lotting β one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- do the trick β a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- lay β to bring about or affect by lying (often used reflexively): to lie oneself out of a difficulty; accustomed to lying his way out of difficulties.
- caracole β a half turn to the right or left
- cut the mustard β to come up to expectations
- joke β something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act: He tells very funny jokes. She played a joke on him.
- fall down β to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- make book β to enter in a book or list; record; register.
- feign β to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of: to feign sickness.
- call on β If you call on someone to do something or call upon them to do it, you say publicly that you want them to do it.
- lead on β to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike.
- beguile β If something beguiles you, you are charmed and attracted by it.
- lick β to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice-cream cone.
- goes around β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
noun play
- down on β from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- curveball β a ball pitched in a curving path so as to make it more difficult to hit
- bubbler β a drinking fountain in which the water is forced in a stream from a small vertical nozzle
- achievability β The state or condition of being achievable.
- dos β any of several single-user, command-driven operating systems for personal computers, especially MS DOS.
- frivolousness β characterized by lack of seriousness or sense: frivolous conduct.
- attainableness β The state or quality of being attainable.
- extensity β (uncountable) The state of being extensive or of having extension.
- entertainment β The action of providing or being provided with amusement or enjoyment.
- workableness β The quality or state of being workable, or the extent to which a thing is workable.
- fountain β a spring or source of water; the source or head of a stream.
- musical β of, relating to, or producing music: a musical instrument.
- free rein β unhampered freedom of movement, choice, or action: Students have free rein to choose their own class schedules.
- full swing β full operation; greatest activity: For the first time in years the factory was in full swing. The meeting was in full swing when we arrived.
- elbowroom β Sufficient space to have freedom of movement.
- fun and games β frivolously diverting activity.
- grindstone β a rotating solid stone wheel used for sharpening, shaping, etc.
- dramaturgy β the craft or the techniques of dramatic composition.
- chestnut β A chestnut or chestnut tree is a tall tree with broad leaves.