All play synonyms
play
P p verb play
- give odds β to offer a bet with favourable odds
- bring down the house β to receive enthusiastic applause from the audience
- funned β something that provides mirth or amusement: A picnic would be fun.
- cut capers β To engage in brief frolics, romps, or frantic, ridiculous dances.
- dancing β When people dance for enjoyment or to entertain others, you can refer to this activity as dancing.
- go for broke β a simple past tense of break.
- imaged β a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- make of β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- futz around β to pass time in idleness (usually followed by around).
- get in on β obtain a share in
- leave holding the bag β a container or receptacle of leather, plastic, cloth, paper, etc., capable of being closed at the mouth; pouch.
- gamed β an amusement or pastime: children's games.
- let go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- fussed β an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle: They made a fuss over the new baby.
- be-have β to act in a particular way; conduct or comport oneself or itself: The ship behaves well.
- muck about β moist farmyard dung, decaying vegetable matter, etc.; manure.
- joggling β Present participle of joggle.
- wager β something risked or staked on an uncertain event; bet: to place a wager on a soccer match.
- four-flush β to bluff.
- muck around β moist farmyard dung, decaying vegetable matter, etc.; manure.
- fiddle β a musical instrument of the viol family.
- come over β If a feeling or desire, especially a strange or surprising one, comes over you, it affects you strongly.
- lay an egg β the roundish reproductive body produced by the female of certain animals, as birds and most reptiles, consisting of an ovum and its envelope of albumen, jelly, membranes, egg case, or shell, according to species.
- messing β a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
- face β the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- interpret β to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate: to interpret the hidden meaning of a parable.
- intermeddle β to take part in a matter, especially officiously; meddle.
noun play
- horseplay β rough or boisterous play or pranks.
- feint β a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack: military feints; the feints of a skilled fencer.
- mise en scene β the process of setting a stage, with regard to placement of actors, scenery, properties, etc.
- disport β to divert or amuse (oneself).
- leeway β extra time, space, materials, or the like, within which to operate; margin: With ten minutes' leeway we can catch the train.
- demarche β move, step, or manoeuvre, esp in diplomatic affairs
- mise-en-scΓ¨ne β the process of setting a stage, with regard to placement of actors, scenery, properties, etc.
- design β When someone designs a garment, building, machine, or other object, they plan it and make a detailed drawing of it from which it can be built or made.
- wellhead β a fountainhead; source.
- funnies β providing fun; causing amusement or laughter; amusing; comical: a funny remark; a funny person.
- comprehensiveness β of large scope; covering or involving much; inclusive: a comprehensive study of world affairs.
- whimsicality β Also, whimsicalness. whimsical quality or character.
- buffoonery β Buffoonery is foolish behaviour that makes you laugh.
- game β an amusement or pastime: children's games.
- opera β a plural of opus.
- goings-on β conduct or behavior, especially when open to criticism: We had never seen such goings-on as at the last dance.
- fribble β to act in a foolish or frivolous manner; trifle.
- jest β a joke or witty remark; witticism.
- good time β time deducted from an inmate's sentence for good behavior while in prison.
- mummery β the performance of mummers.